Perpendicular Bluff

Perpendicular Bluff (49˚46'00" 126˚27'15" NE side of Tlupana Inlet, Nootka Sd, W side of Vancouver I). In 1934, regional hydrographer Henri Parizeau wished to rename this feature Martinez Bluff, after Spanish naval officer Estéban Martínez, who commanded the Spanish outpost in Nootka Sd in 1789. He seized several British vessels and sent them to Mexico, along with their imprisoned crews, nearly precipitating war between Spain and England. Parizeau felt that this new name, besides being more...

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