Bulnes Point
| Bulnes Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 51 ′ S , 60 ° 55 ′ W | |
| location | Trinity Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Tschajka passage | |
| Waters 2 | Bransfield Street | |
The Bulnes Point (English; Spanish Punta Bulnes ) is a rocky headland that forms the western foothill of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 0.5 km east of Farewell Rock and 7.5 km northwest of Skottsberg Point .
Participants of the Second Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) named them after the Chilean politician Manuel Bulnes Sanfuentes (1911–1975), who was then Defense Minister of Chile.
Web links
- Bulnes, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)