San Carlos Point
| San Carlos Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 50 ′ S , 58 ° 1 ′ W | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Prince Gustav Canal | |
| Waters 2 | Brandy Bay | |
The San Carlos Point is a Cape in the northeast of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It limits the entrance from the Prinz Gustav Canal to Brandy Bay to the southwest .
Here participants of the 16th Argentine Antarctic Expedition (1958–1959) under Adolfo A. R. Schultze built a refuge under the name Regufio San Carlos . As a result of the geological work of the British Antarctic Survey between 1981 and 1983, the cape was named Brandy Point based on the neighboring bay . However, this name was changed to the current name in 1984 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee .
Web links
- San Carlos Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- San Carlos Point on geographic.org (English)