Aconcagua, Punta

Aconcagua, Punta is a cape in Antarctica.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Triplets, The and Risopatrón Base.

Peak

The Triplets is an ice-free three-pointed hill rising to 160 m at the southwest extremity of Alfatar Peninsula, Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting Coppermine Cove to the northwest, Mitchell Cove to the southeast, and English Strait to the west and south.

Dwelling

Risopatrón Base, also Luis Risopatrón Base, is a small Chilean Antarctic research base in the northwest of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated on the isthmus linking Coppermine Peninsula to Alfatar Peninsula and bounded by Carlota Cove to the north and Coppermine Cove to the south. Risopatrón Base is situated 3½ km northwest of Aconcagua, Punta.

Latitude

-62.4° or 62° 24′ south

Longitude

-59.65° or 59° 39′ west

Open location code

3892J82X+2X

GeoNames ID

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