This coastal area is significant as it led Charles Darwin to an understanding of the relationship between sedimentation, crustal subsidence and related uplift of the nearby coast that has a stepped profile suggesting periodic uplift.
Captain Fitz-Roy ship's master.
FitzRoy, R. 1836. Sketch of the Surveying Voyages of his Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 1825-1836. Commanded by Captains P. P. King, P. Stokes, and R. Fitz-Roy, Royal Navy. Journal of the Geological Society of London 6: 311-343. via Darwin-online.org.uk