Caleta Matamala
| Caleta Matamala | ||
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| Waters | McFarlane Strait | |
| Land mass | Half Moon Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 35 ′ 1 ″ S , 59 ° 54 ′ 49 ″ W | |
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The Caleta Matamala ( Spanish ) is a bay in the northwest of Half Moon Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
Chilean scientists named it after Carlos Matamala Simmonds, helicopter pilot aboard the Piloto Pardo to rescue the aground ship Lindblad Explorer in Admiralty Bay in 1972.
Web links
- Matamala, Caleta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)