Fierro Point

{{Short description|Point in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica}}

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 ({{coord|62|29|58.4|S|59|43|57|W|}}) and the northwest side of the entrance to Ramos Cove ({{coord|62|30|18.3|S|59|43|45|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 {{coord|62|30|04.1|S|59|43|41.5|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. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg 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

[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer].

Category:Headlands of Greenwich Island