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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Agudo, pico (Livingston Island) (ARG) 62° 32' 00.0" S 60° 03' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 100030 Place ID: 13101

Puntiagudo, Pico (CHL) 62° 32' 00.0" S 60° 05' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 106129 Place ID: 13101

Este nombre fue aplicado en el año 1935 por personal de la Discovery II que la cartografió. Alcanza una altura de 467 metros, está situado en la parte NE de isla Livingston y a 3 millas al NW de punta Alta, en las islas Shetland del Sur.

Sharp Peak (USA) 62° 32' 00.0" S 60° 04' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 131480 Place ID: 13101

Sharp peak, c. 500 m, situated in the NE part of Livingston Island, 2 mi NW of Edinburgh Hill, in the South Shetland Islands. The descriptive name was applied by DI personnel on the Discovery II who charted the peak in 1935.

Sharp Peak (Livingston Island) (GBR) 62° 31' 25.2" S 60° 04' 09.3" W Peak
Name ID: 111138 Place ID: 13101

rising to c. 500m N of Moon Bay, E Livingston Island, was charted by DI, 1934-35, and named descriptively (Nelson and others, chart 1935b; BA chart 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.19; DOS 610 sheet W 62 60, 1968). Pico Puntiagudo [=sharp-pointed peak] (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.233). Pico Sharp (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948). Pico Agudo (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.222; Pierrou, 1970, p.151). The peak was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS, 1957-59.

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