Cape Timblón is the conspicuous rocky cape forming the north extremity ofSnow Island in theSouth Shetland Islands,Antarctica. It is a northwest entrance point forMorton Strait.Linus Beach extends for 2 km on the east side of the cape. The area was visited by 19th centurysealers.

The feature is named after Captain Carlos Timblón, Master of the Argentine sealing shipSan Juán Nepomuceno that visited the South Shetlands in 1819–20.

The cape is located at62°42′15.6″S61°19′49.5″W / 62.704333°S 61.330417°W /-62.704333; -61.330417 which is 7 km west-northwest ofPresident Head, 10.3 km northeast ofByewater Point, 7.16 km south by west ofBenson Point,Rugged Island and 8.39 km southwest ofDevils Point,Livingston Island (British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian in 2009).

• 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

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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