Peggotty Bluff

Peggotty Bluff

Peggotty Bluff (coord|54|9|S|37|17|W|) is a bluff on the north side and near the head of King Haakon Bay, South Georgia.

History

In 1916, Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition party from Elephant Island established a camp, using the upturned "James Caird" near the head of King Haakon Bay which they called Peggotty Camp, after the family in Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" who lived in a home made from a beached boat. While they were waiting in this location, Henry McNish took screws from the boat and put them in the crew's shoes in order that they could walk across ice more easily.

During the South Georgia Survey, 1955-56, King Haakon Bay was surveyed and the approximate position of the camp deduced. The name Peggotty Bluff was given to the feature now described, which is close to the ITAE campsite.


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