Punta Varas
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 View from Livingston Island across Half Moon Island to Oborishte Ridge with Punta Varas in the foreground |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 32 ′ S , 59 ° 46 ′ W | |
| location | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | McFarlane Strait | |
Punta Varas is a cliff on the southeast coast of Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 720 m southeast of Spit Point at the end of Oborishte Ridge at the base of Provadiya Hook .
Scientists of the 6th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1951–1952) named it after the physician Armando Varas Espejo (* 1925), surgeon on board the Angamos on this research trip .
Web links
- Varas, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)