Zapato Point
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Zapato Point Daedalus Point |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 36 ′ S , 61 ° 58 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Plata passage | |
The Zapato Point ( spanish Punta Zapato , toe ' ; in the United Kingdom Daedalus Point ) is a headland at the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 5 km southwest of Cañón Point and marks the northeast boundary of the northern entrance to the Plata Passage .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery carried out a rough map on February 7, 1898. The descriptive name of the headland can be found for the first time on an Argentine map from 1954. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the original name into English in 1965. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, however, named the headland in 1960 after Daidalos , the inventor from Greek mythology.
Web links
- Zapato Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Zapato Point on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1742 (English).