Punta Andressen
| Punta Andressen | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 56 ′ S , 60 ° 36 ′ W | |
| location | Deception Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Pendulum Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Port Foster | |
Punta Andressen is a headland in Port Foster of Deception Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It forms the southern boundary of Pendulum Cove .
Scientists of the 9th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1954–1955) erected a beacon here and named it after the Norwegian Adolf Amandus Andresen [sic!] (1872–1940), managing director of the whaling company Sociedad Ballenera de Magallanes in Punta Arenas, Chile .
Web links
- Andressen, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)