Borge Point
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Borge Point Spanish: Punta Fuenzalida |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 55 ′ S , 60 ° 45 ′ W | |
| location | Trinity Island , Palmer Archipelago , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters | Orléans Street | |
| Waters 2 | Mikkelsen Harbor | |
The Borge Point (in Chile Punta Fuenzalida ) is a headland on the south coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the western coast of the Antarctic Graham Lands . It forms the east side of Mikkelsen Harbor . To the southeast of Borge Point are the Tetrad Islands .
The cape is named after the Norwegian whaling captain Hans Engelbert Borge (1873-1946), who measured Mikkelsen Harbor between 1914 and 1915. The name, which is common in Chile, is named after the Chilean geologist Humberto Fuenzalida Villegas (1904–1966), first member of his country in the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
Web links
- Borge Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Borge Point on geographic.org (English)