Bahía Román
| Bahía Román | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | Low Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 20 '35 " S , 62 ° 3' 2" W | |
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The Bahía Román ( Spanish , in Argentina Bahía Migliardo ) is a bay on the south coast of Low Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located about 5 km southwest of Cape Hooker .
Chilean scientists named it after Jorge Román Pérez, captain of the Angamos on the 12th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1957-1958). The background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Román, Bahía in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)