Cape Timblón
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with the northern part of Snow Island (bottom left) and Cape Timblón |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 42 ′ S , 61 ° 20 ′ W | |
| location | Snow Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Waters 2 | Morton Strait | |
The Cape Timblón is a striking rock cape at the north end of Snow Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It marks the western limit of the northern entrance to Morton Strait .
It is probably named after Carlos Timblón, captain of the Argentine sealer San Juan Nepomuceno , who was the first ship to call the South Shetland Islands to hunt seals in the season from 1819 to 1820 .
Web links
- Cape Timblón in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Timblón on geographic.org (English)