Bluff or The Bluff may refer to:

Places

Australia

Bluff, Queensland Bluff is a rural town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bluff had a population of 373 people. Geography The town is located on the Capricorn Highway in Central Queensland, north west of the state ...

, Australia, a town * The Bluff, Queensland (Ipswich), a rural locality in the city of Ipswich *

The Bluff, Queensland (Toowoomba Region) The Bluff is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , The Bluff had a population of 0 people. References {{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland ...

, a rural locality * Bluff River (New South Wales) * Bluff River (Murchison River), a river of Tasmania * Bluff River (Prosser River), Tasmania; see Levendale, Tasmania * "The Bluff", common name of

Rosetta Head Rosetta Head, known as Kongkengguwar by the Ramindjeri people but more commonly known as The Bluff, is a headland located on the south coast of Fleurieu Peninsula in Encounter Bay, South Australia, within the local government area of the City ...

, a headland adjoining Victor Harbor in South Australia

United States

* Bluff, Alabama, an unincorporated community *

Bluff, Alaska Bluff, also known as Agookauchuk (''Iġukuchiq'' in Iñupiaq), was a 20th-century mining town A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around ...

, a ghost town * The Bluff (Atlanta), Georgia, a neighborhood of Atlanta *

Bluff (Pittsburgh) Uptown or The Bluff (also known by its former name Soho and prior to the 20th century as Boyd's Hillhttp://www.postgazette.com/pg/11359/1199216-53.stm) is a neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the southeast of the city's Cent ...

, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood *

Bluff, Texas Bluff is a ghost town in central Fayette County, Texas, United States. External links * Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{FayetteCountyTX-geo-stub ...

, an unincorporated community *

Bluff, Utah Bluff is a town in San Juan County, Utah, United States. The population was 320 at the 2000 census. Bluff incorporated in 2018. History Under the direction of John Taylor, Silas S. Smith and Danish settler Jens Nielson led about 230 Mormons o ...

, a town * Bluff Creek (California), a watercourse in California that empties into Ballona Wetlands *

Bluff Creek (Des Moines River tributary) Bluff Creek is a stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain ch ...

, a stream in Iowa * Bluff Creek (Cimarron River tributary), a stream in Kansas; see Clark County State Lake * Bluff Swamp, Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Other places

* Bluff, New Zealand, a town and seaport in the South Island (colloquially known as The Bluff) *

Bluff River (New Zealand) The Bluff River is a river of New Zealand. It is in the Canterbury Region and is a tributary of the Waiau Toa / Clarence River. The Bluff River flows south for from the slopes of Mount Major in the Inland Kaikōura Range. Confusingly, the Bl ...

Bluff, KwaZulu-Natal Bluff or The Bluff is a geographical area, containing eight suburbs in Durban, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The Bluff forms a large part of the South Durban Basin, a sub-region located south of Dur ...

, South Africa, a geographical region of Durban *

Yamate is the name of a historic neighbourhood in Naka-ku, Yokohama often referred to in English as ''The Bluff.'' The neighbourhood is famous as having been a foreigners' residential area in the Bakumatsu, Meiji and Taishō periods. While still do ...

, a neighborhood of Yokohama, Japan, often called "The Bluff" in English * The Bluff, a mound near Ypres, Belgium, fought over by the British and Germans in the First World War

Actions of the Bluff, 1916 The Actions of the Bluff were local operations in 1916 carried out in Flanders during the First World War by the German 4th Army and the British Second Army. The Bluff is a mound near St Eloi, south-east of Ypres in Belgium, created from a s ...

The Bluff, Bahamas The Bluff very often refers to a settlement on North Eleuthera, Bahamas. But there are three Bahamian communities having 'Bluff' in their name. South Andros There are three settlements in the Bahamas called "The Bluff". The first is on South A ...

, the name of three communities *

The Bluff (Cayman Islands) The Bluff is the highest part of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. It stands at the eastern end of the island of Cayman Brac and has a maximum elevation of . Description The Bluff is a low plateau of karst ...

, the highest point of the Cayman Islands, located on the island of Cayman Brac *

Bluff Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Bluff Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The island lies north from Port Blair. Geography The ...

* Bluff Island (Antarctica), Prydz Bay, Antarctica *

Bluff Island (Hong Kong) Bluff Island, indigenously known as Sha Tong Hau Shan (), also known as Ung Kong (), is an island in Port Shelter, south of Sai Kung Peninsula of Hong Kong. It is an important area for corals and other marine life. The island is zoned as Site of ...

, Port Shelter, Sai Kung District, Hong Kong

Game-oriented

Bluff (poker) In the card game of poker, a bluff is a bet or raise made with a hand which is not thought to be the best hand. ''To bluff'' is to make such a bet. The objective of a bluff is to induce a fold by at least one opponent who holds a better hand. ...

, a tactic in the game of poker * ''Bluff'' (magazine), covering poker * A slang term for liar's dice, a dice game

Film and TV

* ''Bluff'' (2007 film), a Canadian film * ''Bluff'' (1976 film) an Italian crime-comedy film * ''Bluff'' (1924 film), an American drama silent film * ''Bluff'' (1916 film), an American comedy silent film directed by Rae Berger * "Bluff" (''Prison Break'' episode), an episode of the 2006 television series ''Prison Break'' * ''Bluff'' (TV series), a Canadian game show broadcast by CBC Television

People

* nickname of

Benjamin Wade Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800March 2, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator for Ohio from 1851 to 1869. He is known for his leading role among the Radical Republicans.

(1800–1878), American lawyer and politician * Richard Bluff, English visual effects supervisor

Other uses

* Bluff (geography) is a steep slope or rounded cliff, usually overlooking a shoreline or other body of water