Horn Bluff [SEP] continent
Horn Bluff
Horn Bluff () is a prominent rocky headland on the northern side of the coastal island at the western side of Deakin Bay, Antarctica. The feature rises to and is marked by the columnar structure of the dolerite forming the upper part of it. It was discovered and mapped as part of the mainland by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who applied the name for W.A. Horn of Adelaide, a patron of the expedition. The headland was shown to be on an island by Australian
since the 1850s. At present, hay fields and cattle ranches occupy most of the bluff.
A reservation of the native Wiyot tribe is also located here. Table Bluff Rancheria was established in 1908. It originally comprised donated by a local church. An additional were purchased for the tribe by the federal government in 1981 as the result of a lawsuit settlement.
In 1892, a lighthouse was built on the bluff to replace an older one on the North Spit. A fog horn and a Navy wireless telegraphy (later