Esteverena Point
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Esteverena Point is the rocky point projecting 700 m into Boyd Strait
Boyd Strait
Boyd Strait is the wide strait lying between Snow Island and Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and linking Drake Passage and the Bransfield Strait....

 to form the west extremity of Snow Island
Snow Island (South Shetland Islands)
Snow Island or Isla Nevada is a completely ice-covered island, in size, lying southwest of 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. The feature is named by Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

.

Location

The cape is located at 62°46′30"S 61°31′53"W which is 2.89 km south-southwest of Byewater Point
Byewater Point
Byewater Point is the rocky point forming the northwest extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is a north entrance point for Boyd Strait...

, 9.08 km north-northwest of Cape Conway
Cape Conway
Cape Conway is the rounded low and ice-free tipped cape forming the south extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is a south entrance point for Boyd Strait. Tooth Rock rising to and lying to the south is the largest in a group of rocks extending from the cape...

, 4.1 km north by west of Monroe Point and 40.64 km east-northeast of Cape Smith
Cape Smith
Cape Smith is a cape forming the north end of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The discovery of the South Shetland Islands was first reported in 1819 by Captain William Smith, for whom the cape is named.-Location:...

, Smith Island
Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Smith Island is long and wide, lying west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. Surface area ....

(British mapping in 1968, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).

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