Punta de la Atrevida
| Punta de la Atrevida | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 1 ′ S , 60 ° 40 ′ W | |
| location | Deception Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
Punta de la Atrevida ( Spanish ) is a headland in the south of Deception Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
Argentine scientists named it after the Atrevida , one of the two ships on the Alaska expedition (1789–1791) of the Italian navigator Alessandro Malaspina in search of the Northwest Passage .
Web links
- Atrevida, Punta de la in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)