Gonzalez Point
| Gonzalez Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 6 ′ S , 57 ° 56 ′ W | |
| location | Penguin Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | King George Bay (northwest), Katsui Strait (north) and Sherratt Bay (northeast) | |
The Gonzales Point is the northern foothills of Penguin Iceland off the southern coast of King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is opposite the Mersey Spit .
Polish scientists named it in 1999 after the Chilean geologist Óscar González-Ferrán, who together with the Japanese Yoshio Katsui created a geological map of Penguin Island.
Web links
- Gonzalez Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)