Playa Pocitas
| Playa Pocitas | ||
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Barclay Bay | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Playa Pocitas (of Spanish pocita , pool ' ) is a beach in the north of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the west side of Cape Shirreff , it is east-northeast of Playa Angosta .
Scientists from the 45th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1990–1991) named him. It is named after the water ponds located here that are often visited by young elephant seals.
Web links
- Pocitas, Playa in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)