Punta Fidelidad
| Punta Fidelidad | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 27 ′ S , 60 ° 47 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Drake Street | |
Punta Fidelidad (from Spanish fidelidad 'loyalty' ) is a headland in the north of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the north of Cape Shirreff , the northern branch of the John Paul II peninsula , it is located immediately east of Playa Roquerío .
Scientists from the 45th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1990–1991) named it. The reason for the naming was a male penguin who defended an area occupied by him and his dead female on this headland with all his might against the intrusion of conspecifics.
Web links
- Fidelidad, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)