Punta Pisano
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 46 ′ S , 61 ° 15 ′ W | |
| location | Snow Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Ivaylo Cove | |
Punta Pisano ( Spanish , in Argentina Punta Serrucho ) is a headland on the east coast of Snow Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 10 km northeast of Cape Conway at the end of the Hall Peninsula and forms the southern boundary of Ivaylo Cove .
Chilean scientists named it after the botanist Edmundo Pisano Valdés (1919–1997), participant in the 35th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1980–1981). The background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Pisano, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)