Cierva Point
| Cierva Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 9 ′ S , 60 ° 57 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Hughes Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Cierva Cove | |
The Cierva Point (in Chile Cabo Tisné ) is a headland at the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks 8.8 km south-southeast of Cape Sterneck the southern boundary of the entrance from Hughes Bay into Cierva Cove .
The headland is rocky, hilly and in the Antarctic summer not icy, so that plants also thrive here in large clusters. In 1954, Argentine scientists built a refuge here. Chilean scientists named it after Fernando Tisné Brousse, head of the 6th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1951–1952). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee , however, named it in 1980 based on the name of Cierva Cove. Its namesake is the Spanish aviation pioneer Juan de la Cierva (1895–1936), developer of the first gyroplane .
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 324 (English)
Web links
- Cierva Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)