Patcha Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 37 ′ S , 62 ° 7 ′ W | |
| location | Nansen Island | |
| Waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Seno Malfanti | |
The Patcha Point is a headland , the southern end of the Nansen Island in Wilhelmina Bay off the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula forms. It marks the western boundary of Seno Malfanti Bay .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery carried out the first mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1960 after Jan Patcha (1918-2009), a helicopter pilot on the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition from 1956 to 1957.
Web links
- Patcha Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Patcha Point on geographic.org (English)