Terrada Point
| Terrada Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 24 ′ S , 62 ° 14 ′ W | |
| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Waters 2 | Buls Bay | |
The Terrada Point ( Spanish Cabo Terrada ) is a headland of the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the northeast boundary of the entrance to Buls Bay .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery roughly mapped them. Argentine scientists made detailed mapping in 1954 and naming it in 1978. Namesake is the Argentine general Juan Florencio Terrada (1782-1824), who was involved in the defense of the British invasions on the Río de la Plata (1806/07) and the Argentine War of Independence (1810-1818). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee changed the name into English in 1986.
Web links
- Terrada Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Terrada Point on geographic.org (English)