Punta Lobos (Livingston Island)
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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 ).
Web links
- Lobos, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)