Punta Martin
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Coordinates | 65 ° 5 ′ S , 63 ° 31 ′ W | |
location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
coast | Danco coast | |
Waters | Bay of Flanders | |
Waters 2 | Hyatt Cove |
Punta Martin ( Spanish , in Argentina Punta Sommers ) is a rocky headland in the northwest of the Kiev Peninsula on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 11 km west of Rahir Point on the banks of the Bay of Flanders and marks the western limit of the entrance to Hyatt Cove .
The name was given by Chilean scientists around 1947. Here, as with the Argentine name, the namesake is not passed down.
Web links
- Martin, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)