Ortiz Point

Ortiz Point is an ice-covered point on the northwest coast of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica named after Engineman Ortiz, member of the expedition.

Location[]

The point is located at

62°28′23.7″S 59°45′30.2″W / 62.473250°S 59.758389°W / -62.473250; -59.758389 which is 3.7 km south-southwest of Spark Point, 2.17 km southwest of Serrano Point, 5.35 km west-southwest of Ash Point, 3 km north-northwest of Labbé Point and 2.15 km north by west of Riquelme 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. 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[]

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.