Punta Cuenca
| Punta Cuenca | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 27 ′ S , 59 ° 47 ′ W | |
| location | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Guayaquil Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Quito glacier | |
Punta Cuenca ( Spanish ) is a headland on the north coast of Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 1.8 km west of Orión Point and marks the western limit of the mouth of the Quito Glacier in Guayaquil Bay .
Ecuadorian scientists named it after the city of Cuenca in Ecuador
Web links
- Cuenca, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)