Fierro Point is a point projecting 400 m into the south part of Discovery Bay from Parvomay Neck, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point forms the south side of the entrance to Basullo Cove ( 62°29′58.4″S 59°43′57″W / 62.499556°S 59.73250°W) and the northwest side of the entrance to Ramos Cove ( 62°30′18.3″S 59°43′45″W / 62.505083°S 59.72917°W).
The features were named by the 1947-48 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after crewmen of the expedition frigate Iquique: Torpedoman Fierro, Mechanics NCO Abraham Basullo and Signalman Ramos.
Location
The point is located at 62°30′04.1″S 59°43′41.5″W / 62.501139°S 59.728194°W which is 480 m south-southeast of Labbé Point and 700 m northwest of Correa Point (Chilean mapping in 1951, British in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
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Fierro Point is a point projecting 400 m into the south part of Discovery Bay from Parvomay Neck, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point forms the south side of the entrance to Basullo Cove ( 62°29′58.4″S 59°43′57″W / 62.499556°S 59.73250°W) and the northwest side of the entrance to Ramos Cove ( 62°30′18.3″S 59°43′45″W / 62.505083°S 59.72917°W).
The features were named by the 1947-48 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after crewmen of the expedition frigate Iquique: Torpedoman Fierro, Mechanics NCO Abraham Basullo and Signalman Ramos.
Location
The point is located at 62°30′04.1″S 59°43′41.5″W / 62.501139°S 59.728194°W which is 480 m south-southeast of Labbé Point and 700 m northwest of Correa Point (Chilean mapping in 1951, British in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
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