Punta Odontoceto
| Punta Odontoceto | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ S , 60 ° 46 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Hero Bay | |
Punta Odontoceto 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 is east of Playa Maderas .
Scientists from the 45th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1990–1991) named them after the remains of a toothed whale ( Odontoceti ) they found here.
Web links
- Odontoceto, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)