Azufre Point
| Azufre Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 4 ′ S , 63 ° 38 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Bay of Flanders | |
The Azufre Point ( Spanish Punta Azufre , translated sulfur point ; in the United Kingdom Wedgwood Point ) is a headland on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 5 km southeast of Cape Renard on the south bank of the Bay of Flanders or the north side of the Kiev peninsula .
It was first mapped during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . The name goes back to participants in an Argentine Antarctic expedition in 1954. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the cape in 1961 after the British artist and photography pioneer Thomas Wedgwood (1771-1805).
Web links
- Azufre Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Azufre Point on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 100 (English)