COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

NW entrance point of Duse Bay (q.v.), Trinity Peninsula, following survey by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in November 1945, was so named as a vantage point for survey photography of the area (BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p.22; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Punta Vista [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart L, 1951; IHA, 1974, p.295). Punta View (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.318). A FIDS station for seasonal use, called "Base V", was established near the point, 8 February 1953 (SPRI, 1954, p.170). Punta Villegas (Times, 7 June 1955, quoting an Argentine source). An Argentine refuge hut was established on the point to SE of the FIDS station by personnel from "Esperanza", 1 June 1955, and called "Cristo Redentor" [= Christ the Redeemer] (Thomas, 1957a, p.523). A new hut was built at the FIDS station in April 1956 and called "Seal-catcher's Arms" or "View Point Hut" (Anderson, 1957, p.199, 201); occupied intermittently until 25 November 1963. Punta Visión [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM chart 124, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.718). "V'yu-Poynt", referring to the British station (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). "Refugio Cristo Redentor" (Pierrou, 1970, p.274).

Eastern tip of a promontory, 150 m, forming the W side of the entrance to Duse Bay on the S coast of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the SwedAE, 1901-04. So named by the FIDS following their survey of the area in 1945 because from this promontory, good panoramic photographs were obtained.

Fue descubierta por un destacamento al mando de J. Gunnar Andersson de la Expedición Sueca del año 1901-1904. El FIDS cuando continuó el levantamiento de esta área en 1945, le dio este nombre porque desde el promontorio se obtienen muy buenas fotografías panorámicas. Constituye la extremidad E de un promontorio de 152 metros de altura, forma el extremo S del lado W de la bahía Duse, en las cercanías del término NE de la península Luis Felipe.