Cape Pucher
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Cape Pucher Cabo Pucher, Cabo Lasala |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 36 ′ S , 62 ° 26 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Anna Cove | |
The Cape Pucher ( Spanish Cabo Pucher , in Argentina Cabo Lasala ) is a cape in the north of the Arctowski Peninsula on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1.5 km south-southeast of Cape Anna and represents the southern boundary of the entrance from Wilhelmina Bay to Anna Cove . Louise Island is in front of the cape around 2 km east .
Chilean scientists named it after the Bolivian archaeologist Leo Pucher de Kroll, who was born in Austria and who participated in the 3rd Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1948–1949). The background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Pucher, Cabo in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)