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(Redirected from Montecinos Cove) Glaciated point in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Sotos Point is a glaciated point projecting 180 m into the southeast part of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the east side of the entrance to Montecinos Cove (62°29′57″S 59°40′59″W / 62.49917°S 59.68306°W / -62.49917; -59.68306).

Sotos Point was named by the 1949-50 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after several members of the expedition with the surname Soto, while Montecinos Cove was named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after a member of the expedition.

Location

The point is located at 62°29′46.6″S 59°40′28″W / 62.496278°S 59.67444°W / -62.496278; -59.67444 which is 3.3 km south by west of Ash Point and 1.18 km east-northeast of Ferrer Point (Chilean mapping in 1951, British in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

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