Aguda Point
| Aguda Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 2 ′ S , 63 ° 40 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Hidden Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Bay of Flanders | |
The Aguda Point (English; Spanish Punta Aguda ; in the United Kingdom Eclipse Point ) is a headland in the northwest of the Kiev Peninsula on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the south bank of the Bay of Flanders , it marks the eastern boundary of the entrance to Hidden Bay .
It was first mapped during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . Your name appears for the first time on Argentine maps from 1957. The naming is probably descriptive; the spanish aguda means something like “sharp” or “pointed”. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated this designation into English in 1965. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee , however, named it in 1959 after the fact that the headland is covered by the Screen Islands to the northwest ( English eclipse , darkening, darkness' ).
Web links
- Aguda Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aguda Point on geographic.org (English)