Caleta Carrasco
| Caleta Carrasco | ||
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| Waters | Neumayer Canal | |
| Land mass | Wiencke Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 47 ′ 16 ″ S , 63 ° 19 ′ 37 ″ W | |
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| width | 1.3 km | |
| depth | 1.4 km | |
The Caleta Carrasco ( Spanish , in Argentina Caleta La Vuelta ) is a 1.3 km wide and 1.4 km long bay on the northwest side of Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 2.5 km south of Cabo Laure on Anvers Island .
Chilean scientists named it after Adolfo Carrasco Lagos, captain of the Yelcho in the 28th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1973–1974). The background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Carrasco, Caleta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)