Punta America
| Punta America | ||
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 46 ′ S , 68 ° 55 ′ W | |
| location | Adelaide Island , Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
Punta América is a prominent headland at the southern end of Adelaide Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It protrudes into Marguerite Bay .
The British navigator John Biscoe discovered them on February 15, 1832. Participants of the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot visited them in 1909. Argentine scientists named them in 1961 in honor of the American double continent .
Web links
- América, punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)