Punta Óscar
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ S , 60 ° 47 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Barclay Bay | |
Punta Óscar is a headland in the north of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the west side of Cape Shirreff , the northern branch of the John Paul II Peninsula , it is north of Playa Del Canal and around 350 m north-northwest of Punta Antonio .
Chilean scientists named it after Óscar Pinochet de la Barra (1920–2014), director of the Instituto Antártico Chileno .
Web links
- Óscar, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)