Humble Point

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Humble Point
Punta Baja
Geographical location
Humble Point (South Shetland Islands)
Humble Point
Coordinates 61 ° 11 ′  S , 54 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 61 ° 11 ′  S , 54 ° 8 ′  W
location Clarence Island ( South Shetland Islands )
Waters Weddell Sea

The Humble Point ( English for poor headland ; Spanish Punta Baja for low headland ) is a low headland on the west coast of Clarence Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 8 km southwest of Cape Lloyd .

Your descriptive Spanish name is first recorded on an Argentine map from the 1950s. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1971 in a modified form.

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