Punta Lobos (Livingston Island)

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Punta Lobos
Geographical location
Punta Lobos (South Shetland Islands)
Punta Lobos
Coordinates 62 ° 28 ′  S , 60 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 28 ′  S , 60 ° 47 ′  W
location Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands
Waters Hero Bay
Waters 2 Bahía Mansa

Punta Lobos is a headland in the north of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the east side of Cape Shirreff , the northern branch of the John Paul II Peninsula , it marks the southeast boundary of the entrance to Bahía Mansa .

Scientists of the 45th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1990–1991) named them after the local fur seals ( Spanish lobos finos ).

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