Punta Jaraquemada
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Punta Jaraquemada Cabo María Josefa |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 22 ′ S , 68 ° 16 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Fallières coast | |
| Waters | West Bay | |
Punta Jaraquemada ( Cabo María Josefa in Argentina ) is a headland on the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Mount Guernsey and Cape Jeremy on the shores of West Bay .
Chilean scientists named it after Juan de la Jaraquemada (≈1560 – ≈1612), one of the Spanish governors of Chile . The background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Jaraquemada, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)