Bahía Uribe
| Bahía Uribe | ||
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| Waters | Schollaert Canal | |
| Land mass | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 33 '5 " S , 62 ° 51' 37" W | |
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The Bahía Uribe ( Spanish ) is a bay in the northeast of the Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located west of Cape Van Rijswijck and opens to the Schollaert Canal .
Chilean scientists named it after Admiral Luis Uribe Orrego (1847-1914), who was part of the crew of the corvette Esmeralda on May 21, 1879 in the naval battle of Iquique .
Web links
- Uribe, Bahía in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)