Costa Recta

Costa Recta
Landsat-8 image of Deception Island with the strikingly straight east coast
location	Deception Island , South Shetland Islands
Waters	Bransfield Street
north	Macaroni Point 62 ° 53 ′ 54.6 ″  S , 60 ° 31 ′ 54.8 ″  W.
south	Rancho Point 62 ° 58 ′ 0.5 ″  S , 60 ° 29 ′ 47 ″  W.

Coordinates: 62 ° 56 ′  S , 60 ° 31 ′  W

Costa Recta ( Spanish for 'straight coast') is the name of the strikingly straight east coast of Deception Island , one of the South Shetland Islands .

Spanish researchers gave descriptive names to the mostly icy stretch of coast that stretches between Macaroni Point in the north and Rancho Point in the south.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Recta, Costa in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica , accessed October 23, 2019