Cape Pacheco
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Coordinates | 67 ° 11 ′ S , 67 ° 37 ′ W | |
location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
coast | Loubet coast | |
Waters | The gullet | |
Waters 2 | Barlas Channel and Hinks Channel |
The Cape Pacheco (in Chile Cabo Pacheco in Argentina Cabo Cuadrilátero for Vierseiteges Cape ) is a prominent headland at the Loubet coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the northwest of the Arrowsmith Peninsula , it lies at the point where the strait The Gullet meets the Barlas Canal and the Hinks Channel .
Chilean scientists named them after Eduardo Pacheco R., a participant in the 10th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1955–1956), who landed in the Sandefjord Cove of Peter I Island . Argentine scholars named them descriptively.
Web links
- Cape Pacheco in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)