Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C01076:clause:1_53
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 53
Character Range: 52136–53737

53      Monolith and plaques on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    6103 S, 5450 W
        Bust of Captain Luis Alberto Pardo, monolith and plaques on Point Wild, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, celebrating the rescue of the survivors of the British ship Endurance by the Chilean Navy cutter Yelcho displaying the following words:
        Here on August 30th , 1916, the Chilean Navy cutter Yelcho commanded by Pilot Luis Pardo Villalón rescued the 22 men from the Shackleton Expedition who survived the wreck of the 'Endurance' living for four and one half months in this Island.
        The Monolith and the plaques have been placed on Elephant Island and their replicas on the Chilean bases Capitan Arturo Prat (6230 S, 5949 W) and President Eduardo Frei (6212 S, 62 12 W). Bronze busts of the pilot Luis Pardo Villalón were placed on the three above‑mentioned monoliths during the XXIVth Chilean Antarctic Scientific Expedition in 1987–88.