Foca Point

	Foca Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	60 ° 42 ′ S , 45 ° 39 ′ W Coordinates: 60 ° 42 ′ S , 45 ° 39 ′ W
location	Signy Island , South Orkney Islands
Waters	Weddell Sea
Waters 2	Express Cove

The Foca Point is a headland on the west coast of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It forms the south side of the entrance to Express Cove .

The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys in 1947. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on March 31, 1955 after the whaling ship Foca of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca company , which had called at the Southern Orkney Islands in December 1926.

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