Prominent bluffs that rise to 1,050 metres (3,440 ft) high, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southeast of Mount Ellery and near the head of Suvorov Glacier, in Wilson Hills.

So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, who found the rock here contains the mineral hornblende.

The headland, a coastal extension of the Wilson Hills, stands 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) west-southwest of Belousov Point.

Named by US-ACAN for David A. Northrup, ATN2, United States Navy, Aviation Electronics Technician with Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (later Captain) Richard E. Anderson, CEC, United States Navy, base public works officer at McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze I and II.