Alaggia rock
| Alaggia rock | ||
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| Waters | Schollaert Canal | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 34 ′ S , 62 ° 47 ′ W | |
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Alaggia Rock ( Spanish Islote Alaggia ) is a small and rocky island off the northeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located northeast of Ryswyck Point on the Parker Peninsula immediately south of Ryswyck Island in the southeastern entrance to the Schollaert Canal between the Anvers and Brabant Islands .
Argentine scientists named it in 1956 after the Air Force officer Guillermo Rodolfo Alaggia, who was killed in a plane crash on September 17, 1955. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 2004.
Web links
- Alaggia Rock in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)