Ortiz Point
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Ortiz Point is an ice-covered point on the northwest coast of Discovery Bay
Discovery Bay (Antarctica)
Discovery Bay is a bay long and wide, indenting the northeast side of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This bay has been known to sealers in the area since about 1821. It was charted and named during 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.- Map :* L.L. Ivanov. Scale 1:120000...

, Greenwich Island
Greenwich Island (South Shetland Islands)
Greenwich Island is an island long and from wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area...

 in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, 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 which is 3.7 km south-southwest of Spark Point
Spark Point
Spark Point, also Canto Point, is a rocky point forming the northwest side of the entrance to both Discovery Bay and Galápagos Cove, and the east side of the entrance to Jambelí Cove in the northeast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point ends up in a conspicuous...

, 2.17 km southwest of Serrano Point
Serrano Point
Serrano Point is an ice-free point on the northwest coast of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after First Lieutenant Fernando Serrano, doctor on the expedition frigate Iquique.-Location:The point is located at ...

, 5.35 km west-southwest of Ash Point
Ash Point
Ash Point is a rounded low ice-free point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Discovery Bay in the northeast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of...

, 3 km north-northwest of Labbé Point
Labbé Point
Labbé Point is a point projecting into the southwest part of Discovery Bay from Parvomay Neck, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of . The point forms the northwest side of the entrance to Basullo Cove and the east side of the entrance to...

 and 2.15 km north by west of Riquelme Point
Riquelme Point
Riquelme Point is a point projecting 450 m into the southwest part of Discovery Bay from Parvomay Neck, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the west side of the entrance to Vinett Cove....

 (Chilean mapping in 1951, British in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

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