Leniz Point

	Leniz Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	64 ° 54 ′ S , 63 ° 4 ′ W Coordinates: 64 ° 54 ′ S , 63 ° 4 ′ W
location	Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
coast	Danco coast
Waters	Gerlache Street
Waters 2	Argentino Canal

The Leniz Point ( Spanish Punta Léniz ; in the United Kingdom Barbaro Point ) a headland on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the northwestern branch of the Tirado Peninsula , on which Mount Banck is also located, and is 1.5 km south of Bryde Island .

It was first mapped during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery , who landed here on February 10, 1898. The toponym appears on a Chilean map from 1951. It is named after Clorindo Léniz Gallejo, chief stoker on the tugboat Yelcho , who was involved in the rescue of the endurance expedition (1914-1916) stranded on Elephant Island in August 1916 . In contrast, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the headland in 1960 after the Venetian scientist Daniele Barbaro (1513–1570), who was the first to use ground lenses in a camera obscura and can therefore be counted among the early pioneers of photography .

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