Varadero Point Explained

Varadero Point is a point projecting 620 m into Barclay Bay from Robbery Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the west side of the entrance to Baba Tonka Cove. Dominated by Varadero Hill (116 m).

The point is named descriptively ('Boathouse Point') from being an area where icebergs get stranded.

Location

The point is located at -62.6075°N -61.078°W which is 6.46 km southeast of Essex Point and 1.19 km west-northwest of Villard Point (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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