Punta Sarzosa

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Punta Sarzosa
Punta Carbone
Geographical location
Punta Sarzosa (Antarctic Peninsula)
Punta Sarzosa
Coordinates 64 ° 32 ′  S , 62 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 64 ° 32 ′  S , 62 ° 3 ′  W
location Nansen Island , West Antarctica
Waters Wilhelmina Bay

Punta Sarzosa ( Spanish in Argentina Punta Carbone ) is a headland at the northern end of the Nansen Island in Wilhelmina Bay off the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula .

Chilean scientists named it after Julio Sarzosa Lorens, a crew member of the ship Baquedano on the 10th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1955-1956). The background of the Argentine naming is not known.

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