Punta Nazar

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Punta Nazar
Punta Ejército
Geographical location
Punta Nazar (Antarctic Peninsula)
Punta Nazar
Coordinates 68 ° 17 ′  S , 67 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 68 ° 17 ′  S , 67 ° 10 ′  W
location Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
coast Fallières coast
Waters Marguerite Bay
Waters 2 Neny Fjord

Punta Nazar (in Argentina Punta Ejército from Spanish ejército 'army' ) is a headland on the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located as an extension of the Red Rock Ridge at the northwest end of the Gabriel Peninsula and borders the entrance to the Neny Fjord to the south . Upstream of the headland is Gremlin Island .

Chilean scientists named it after Salvador Nazar, a participant in the 5th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1950–1951) to rebuild the Bernardo O'Higgins station .

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