Rancho Point
| Rancho Point | ||
 Rancho Point (middle) |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 58 ′ S , 60 ° 30 ′ W | |
| location | Deception Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
The Rancho Point ( spanish Punta Rancho , gabled roof top ' ) is a distinctive, 170 m high and rocky headland that the eastern foothills of Deception Iceland in the archipelago of South Shetland Islands highlighted.
The commander of the Argentine ship Granville gave the headland its descriptive name in 1947. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated this designation into English in 1965.
Web links
- Rancho Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rancho Point on geographic.org (English)