Sotos Point
Encyclopedia
Sotos Point is a glaciated point projecting 180 m into the southeast part of Discovery Bay
, Greenwich Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica and forming the east side of the entrance to Montecinos Cove (62°29′57"S 59°40′59"W).
Sotos Point was named by the 1949-50 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after several members of the expedition with the surname Soto, while Montecinos Cove was named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after a member of the expedition.
and 1.18 km east-northeast of Ferrer Point
(Chilean mapping in 1951, British in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
Discovery Bay (Antarctica)
Discovery Bay is a bay long and wide, indenting the northeast side of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This bay has been known to sealers in the area since about 1821. It was charted and named during 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.- Map :* L.L. Ivanov. Scale 1:120000...
, Greenwich Island
Greenwich Island (South Shetland Islands)
Greenwich Island is an island long and from wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area...
in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica and forming the east side of the entrance to Montecinos Cove (62°29′57"S 59°40′59"W).
Sotos Point was named by the 1949-50 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after several members of the expedition with the surname Soto, while Montecinos Cove was named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after a member of the expedition.
Location
The point is located at 62°29′46.6"S 59°40′28"W which is 3.3 km south by west of Ash PointAsh Point
Ash Point is a rounded low ice-free point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Discovery Bay in the northeast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of...
and 1.18 km east-northeast of Ferrer Point
Ferrer Point
Ferrer Point is a point projecting 700 m into the south part of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of...
(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
