Punta Ross
| Punta Ross | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 20 ′ S , 57 ° 54 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Trinity Peninsula | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Unwin Cove | |
Punta Ross ( Spanish ) is a headland on the northwest side of the Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the southern boundary of Unwin Cove south of Toro Point . Sotomayor Island is in front of it immediately to the southwest .
Chilean scientists named it after the British polar explorer James Clark Ross (1800–1862), who led an Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843. There is a risk of name confusion with Ross Point in the southwest of Nelson Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
Web links
- Ross, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)