Angamos Promontory
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| location | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ S , 59 ° 39 ′ W | |
The Angamos Promontory (English, Spanish Promontorio Angamos ) is up to 55 m high promontory on Greenwich Iceland in the archipelago of South Shetland Islands . It rises 0.7 km southeast of Ash Point and 0.35 km north of Poisson Hill on the east side of the entrance to Discovery Bay .
Scientists from the research vessel Iquique carried out measurements and naming during the 1st Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1946–1947). It is named after the second ship on this expedition, the Angamos . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 2004.
Web links
- Angamos Promontory in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)