Cabo Del Pozo
| Cabo Del Pozo | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 19 ′ S , 57 ° 55 ′ W | |
| location | Gándara Island ( Duroch Islands ) | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
The Cabo Del Pozo ( Spanish , in Argentina Cabo Benítez ) is a cape in the center of the south coast of the Gándara Island in the group of Duroch Islands northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Chilean scientists named it after José del Pozo, Hospital Corpsman at Arturo Prat Station in the Antarctic winter of 1949, who was involved in a hydrographic research trip to Robert Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands that year . The namesake of the Argentine name has not been passed down.
Web links
- Del Pozo, Cabo in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)