Plaza Point
| Plaza Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 5 ′ S , 58 ° 24 ′ W | |
| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Mackellar Inlet | |
| Waters 2 | Martel Inlet | |
The Plaza Point ( French Pointe de la Plaza ) is a headland in Admiralty Bay of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located on the southern tip of the Keller Peninsula , which separates Mackellar Inlet from Martel Inlet .
The headland was mapped in December 1909 during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcots . Charcot named it after the Argentine politician Victorino de la Plaza (1840-1919), then Foreign Minister and later President of Argentina . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the French name to English on September 20, 1955.
Web links
- Plaza Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Plaza Point on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia. Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1225 (English).