Point Wild is a point 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) west ofCape Valentine on the North coast ofElephant Island in theSouth Shetland Islands.[1] It lies 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) east ofSaddleback Point, and directly adjacent to theFurness Glacier. Its exact coordinates are 61°05'53.0''S and 54°51'39.3''W.[2]
It was named forFrank Wild, leader of the party fromShackleton'sEndurance 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 vesselYelcho commanded byCaptain Luis Alberto Pardo.
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Abust ofCaptain Luis Alberto Pardo, with a monolith andplaques, has been placed at the point to celebrate the rescue of the survivors of theEndurance by theYelcho. 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.
IslaElefante 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 Antarcticresearch stations ofCapitan Arturo Prat andPresident Eduardo Frei, 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 aHistoric Site or Monument (HSM 53), following a proposal by Chile to theAntarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.[4]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from"Point Wild".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey. 
61°6′S54°52′W / 61.100°S 54.867°W /-61.100; -54.867
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