Riquelme Point is a point projecting 450 m into the southwest part 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...

 from Parvomay Neck

Parvomay Neck

Parvomay Neck is the 5 km long and 1.55 to 3.5 km wide ice-covered neck between Discovery Bay to the northeast and Shopski Cove and Yankee Harbour to the southwest, linking the northwestern and southeastern parts of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.The feature...

, 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 and forming the west side of the entrance to Vinett Cove.

The feature was named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after Signalman Riquelme, a crewman of the frigate Iquique.

Location

The point is located at 62°29′32.8"S 59°45′16.2"W which is 1.3 km west-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...

, 2.15 km south by east of Ortiz Point

Ortiz Point

Ortiz Point is an ice-covered point on the northwest coast of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica named after Engineman Ortiz, member of the expedition.-Location:...

 and 5.64 km south by west 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...

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

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4