Macaroni Point

Macaroni Point (62°54′S 60°32′W) is a point marking the northeastern extremity of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name arose following survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in January 1954, because a colony of macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is on this point.[1]

Location of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Macaroni Point". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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