Asencio Point

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Asencio Point
Spanish: Punta Asencio
Geographical location
Asencio Point (Antarctic Peninsula)
Asencio Point
Coordinates 63 ° 54 ′  S , 60 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 63 ° 54 ′  S , 60 ° 53 ′  W
location Trinity Island , Palmer Archipelago
Waters Bransfield Street
Waters 2 Belimel Bay

The Asencio Point (English; Spanish Punta Asencio ) is a headland on the southwest coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located on the southeast side of Belimel Bay .

Argentine scientists named her after Salvador Asencio, lieutenant aboard the corvette Uruguay to replace the occupation on the Orcadas station in 1911.

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