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Labbé Point is a point projecting into the southwest part of
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. The point forms the northwest side of the entrance to
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Headlands of Greenwich Island {{GreenwichIsland-geo-stub
Labbé Point is a point projecting into the southwest part of Discovery Bay
Discovery Bay is a picturesque residential community located on Lantau Island.
The 2021 census recorded a population of 19,336 residents in DB, with 55% of them being non-Chinese. DB is home to a significant community compared of expatriates ...
from Parvomay Neck
Parvomay Neck (, ‘Parvomayski Provlak’ \p&r-vo-'may-ski 'pro-vlak\) is the 5 km long and 1.55 to 3.5 km wide ice-covered neck between Discovery Bay to the northeast and Shopski Cove and Yankee Harbour to the southwest, linking the ...
, Greenwich Island
Greenwich Island (variant historical names ''Sartorius Island'', ''Berezina Island'') is an island long and from (average ) wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island's surface ...
in the South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...
, Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...
with an adjacent ice-free area of .L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. The point forms the northwest side of the entrance to
Basullo Cove
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'' () and the northwest ...
and the east side of the entrance to ''Vinett Cove'' (). The small ''Basso Island'' () is linked by a mainly submerged spit to the north side of Labbé Point.
The features were charted and named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after members of the expedition: Lieutenant Custodio Labbé, navigation officer of the transport ship ''Angamos''; Vinett, the boatswain of the expedition; and Juan Basso, chief storekeeper on the frigate ''Iquique''.
Location
The point is located at which is southwest ofAsh 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 .L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livings ...
, west by north of Ferrer Point, east-southeast of Riquelme Point, south-southeast of Ortiz Point and south of Spark 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.
See also
*Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about th ...
* List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
* SCAR
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* Territorial claims in Antarctica
Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight land claim, territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observat ...
References
External links
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Headlands of Greenwich Island {{GreenwichIsland-geo-stub