Loqui Point
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Loqui Point is a point at the north extremity of Velingrad Peninsula
Velingrad Peninsula
Velingrad Peninsula is the ice-covered peninsula projecting 22.5 km in northwest direction from Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Barilari Bay to the northeast and Holtedahl Bay to the southwest, and separated from Biscoe Islands to the northwest by Grandidier...

 on Graham Coast
Graham Coast
Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctic Peninsula, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue to the southwest and Cape Renard to the northeast....

, which marks the south side of the entrance to Barilari Bay
Barilari Bay
Barilari Bay is a bay long and wide, between Cape Garcia and Loqui Point on the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Rear Admiral Atilio S. Barilari, Argentine Navy. It was re-charted by the British...

, on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. This feature was discovered and named "Cap Garcia" by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....

, 1903–05, under Charcot. At the same time Charcot gave the name "Cap Loqui" to the north cape of Barilari Bay, after Captain Loqui of the Argentine Navy
Argentine Navy
The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force....

. The maps of Charcot's French Antarctic Expedition of 1908-10, showed "Cap Garcia" as the north cape of Barilari Bay, and the name Cape Garcia
Cape Garcia
Cape Garcia is a cape at the north side of the entrance to Barilari Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. The cape was discovered and named "Cap Loqui" by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Charcot. At the same time Charcot named the south entrance point to the bay "Cap Garcia,"...

has since become established in that position. Charcot did not use the name "Cap Loqui" on the maps of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, and with his shifting of the name Cape Garcia, this south entrance point to Barilari Bay has remained unnamed. For the sake of historical continuity, the name Loqui Point has been accepted for this feature.
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