Playa Copihue
| Playa Copihue | ||
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Hero Bay | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 27 ′ 59 ″ S , 60 ° 46 ′ 20 ″ W | |
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The Playa Copihue is a beach in the north of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the east side of Cape Shirreff on the northern foothills of the John Paul II peninsula, it is located immediately east of Punta Odontoceto .
Scientists of the 45th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1990–1991) named it after the copihue ( Chilean wax bell ), the flower in the Chilean national coat of arms .
Web links
- Copihue, Playa in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)