# Point Wild

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Point on Elephant Island

Point Wild, December 2025

**Point Wild** is a point 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) west of [Cape Valentine](/source/Cape_Valentine) on the North coast of [Elephant Island](/source/Elephant_Island) in the [South Shetland Islands.](/source/South_Shetland_Islands)[1] It lies 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) east of [Saddleback Point](/source/Saddleback_Point), and directly adjacent to the [Furness Glacier](/source/Furness_Glacier). Its exact coordinates are 61°05'53.0''S and 54°51'39.3''W.[2]

It was named for [Frank Wild](/source/Frank_Wild), leader of the party from [Shackleton](/source/Ernest_Shackleton)'s [Endurance](/source/Endurance_(1912_ship)) shipwrecked expedition which camped and managed to survive on the point for four and a half months until they were rescued on 30 August 1916 by the Chilean Naval vessel [Yelcho](/source/Yelcho_(1906)) commanded by [Captain Luis Alberto Pardo](/source/Luis_Pardo).

## Historic site

Bust of [Captain Luis Pardo Villalón](/source/Luis_Pardo)

A [bust](/source/Bust_(sculpture)) of [Captain Luis Alberto Pardo](/source/Luis_Pardo), with a monolith and [plaques](/source/Commemorative_plaque), has been placed at the point to celebrate the rescue of the survivors of the [*Endurance*](/source/Endurance_(1912_ship)) by the [*Yelcho*](/source/Yelcho_(1906)). The Spanish inscription reads:[3]

*La Armada de Chile en hommaje al piloto 2.° Luis Pardo Villalon*

*Comandante de la escampavia "Yelcho", quien, el 30 de agosto de 1916 rescato de la isla elefante a los naufragos del "Endurance" nave de la expedicion Britanica de Sir Ernest Shackleton que fue destrozad por los hielos y hundida el 21 de noviembre de 1915.*

*Isla* *Elefante enero 1988*

Which translates to:

*The Chilean Navy pays tribute to Second Pilot Luis Pardo Villalon*

*Commander of the patrol boat ‘Yelcho’, who, on 30 August 1916, rescued the shipwrecked crew of the ‘Endurance’, Sir Ernest Shackleton's British expedition ship, from Elephant Island. The ship had been crushed by ice and sank on 21 November 1915.*

*Elephant Island, January 1988*

The monolith and plaques, along with replicas at the Chilean Antarctic [research stations](/source/Research_station) of [Capitan Arturo Prat](/source/Captain_Arturo_Prat_Base) and [President Eduardo Frei](/source/Base_Presidente_Eduardo_Frei_Montalva), were surmounted with the bronze busts of Pardo during the XXIVth Chilean Antarctic Scientific Expedition in 1987–88. The installation at the point has been designated a [Historic Site or Monument](/source/Historic_Sites_and_Monuments_in_Antarctica) (HSM 53), following a proposal by Chile to the [Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting](/source/Antarctic_Treaty_System).[4]

## See also

- [Houlder Bluff](/source/Houlder_Bluff), a bluff overlooking Point Wild

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Site Guidelines for Point Wild, Elephant Island: Working Paper submitted by the United Kingdom and Chile, in conjunction with IAATO*](https://iaato.org/system/files?file=2025-01/ATCM39_wp033_e.pdf) (pdf). 39th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["HSM 53: Bust of Luis Pardo and plaque"](https://www.ats.aq/devph/en/apa-database/5). *Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty*. Retrieved 19 January 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["HSM-53 Luis Pardo Villalón - Shackleton Memorial at Point Wild, Elephant Island, Antarctica, Thursday, November 23, 2023. Photo: David Rowland"](https://www.alamy.com/hsm-53-luis-pardo-villaln-shackleton-memorial-at-point-wild-elephant-island-antarctica-thursday-november-23-2023-photo-david-rowland-image612344403.html). *Alamy Limited*. Retrieved 19 January 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-atcm_4-0)** ["List of Historic Sites and Monuments approved by the ATCM (2012)"](http://www.ats.aq/documents/ATCM35/WW/atcm35_ww003_e.pdf) (PDF). Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

This article incorporates [public domain material](https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits) from ["Point Wild"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:16588). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey).

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