Punta Losardo
| Punta Losardo | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 52 ′ S , 61 ° 10 ′ W | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Black coast | |
| Waters | Hilton Inlet | |
Punta Losardo is a headland on the Black Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies west of Cape Hattersley-Smith on the north bank of Hilton Inlet .
Argentine scientists named it after Humberto Francisco Losardo, who was killed on March 22, 1950 when an Avro 694 Lincoln crashed on Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, along with ten other crew members.
Web links
- Losardo, punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)