Punta Yeco
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 29 ′ S , 60 ° 47 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Barclay Bay | |
Punta Yeco is a headland in the north of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the west side of Cape Shirreff , the northern branch of the John Paul II peninsula , it separates Playa Paulina in the north from Playa Schiappacasse in the south.
Scientists of the 45th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1990-1991) named it after the common name in Chile for the Antarctic shear ( Leucocarbo bransfieldensis ), whose breeding areas include the rocks of the headland.
Web links
- Yeco, Punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)