Point Moreno
| Point Moreno | ||
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 44 ′ S , 44 ° 41 ′ W | |
| location | Laurie Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
| Waters | Scotia Bay | |
| Waters 2 | unnamed bay | |
The Point Moreno is a headland on the south coast of Laurie Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It marks the east side of the entrance to a small bay at the head of Scotia Bay .
Participants of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) under the direction of William Speirs Bruce mapped them in 1903. Bruce named them after the Argentine naturalist Francisco Pascasio Moreno (1852-1919), director of the La Plata Museum .
Web links
- Point Moreno in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Point Moreno on geographic.org (English)