Punta Álvarez
| Punta Álvarez | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 38 ′ S , 64 ° 29 ′ W | |
| location | Magnier Peninsula , Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Graham coast | |
| Waters | Leroux Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Grandidier Canal | |
The Punta Álvarez is a cape on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . The cape forms the northwestern tip of the Magnier Peninsula and the southwestern boundary of Leroux Bay on the Graham Coast .
The Cape was named in 1978 by the Argentine CCG after the Peruvian native Argentine independence fighter Ignacio Álvarez Thomas (1787-1857).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alvarez, punta in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica , accessed on February 9, 2019