Laager Point
Laager Point | ||
Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with the President Beaches and Laager Point |
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Geographical location | ||
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Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ S , 61 ° 9 ′ W | |
location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
coast | President Beaches | |
Waters | New Plymouth |
The Laager Point (in Chile Punta Campamento , German Lagerspitze ) is a headland of the Byers Peninsula at the western end of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located on President Beaches , which are part of the shores of New Plymouth Bay .
Chilean scientists made the naming in 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1978.
Web links
- Laager Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Laager Point on geographic.org (English)