Caleta Colón
| Caleta Colón | ||
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| Waters | Maxwell Bay | |
| Land mass | Ardley Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 13 '1 " S , 58 ° 55' 38" W | |
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The Caleta Colón ( Spanish ) is a bay on the south coast of Ardley Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
The bay was the location of the Argentine Ballvé station, built in 1953 and used until 1997 . Argentine scientists named the bay after Pedro Colón, who was part of the crew of the corvette Uruguay from 1904 to 1905 .
Web links
- Colón, caleta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)