Labbé Point | |
Map: | Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -62.4971°N -59.7312°W |
Archipelago: | South Shetland Islands |
Length Km: | 0.6 |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Labbé Point is a point projecting 600m (2,000feet) into the southwest part of Discovery Bay from Parvomay Neck, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of 11ha.[1] The point forms the northwest side of the entrance to Basullo Cove and the east side of the entrance to Vinett Cove (-62.495°N -59.7486°W). The small Basso Island (-62.4941°N -59.7339°W) 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.
The point is located at -62.4971°N -59.7312°W which is 5.08km (03.16miles) southwest of Ash Point, 1.79km (01.11miles) west by north of Ferrer Point, 1.3km (00.8miles) east-southeast of Riquelme Point, 31NaN1 south-southeast of Ortiz Point and 5.97km (03.71miles) south of Spark Point (Chilean mapping in 1951, British in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).