Punta Pallero
| Punta Pallero | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 36 ′ S , 59 ° 54 ′ W | |
| location | Half Moon Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Moon Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Mugla passage | |
Punta Pallero ( Spanish ; in Argentina Punta López ) is a headland of Half Moon Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It forms the southeast end of the island in Moon Bay .
Chilean scientists named it after Neftalí Pallero Rojo, a meteorologist on the 10th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1955-1956). The namesake of the Argentine name has not been passed down.
Web links
- Pallero, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)