Caleta Mazzei
| Caleta Mazzei | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Land mass | Two Hummock Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 61 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Caleta Mazzei ( Spanish , in Argentina Caleta Drago ) is a bay in the center of the west coast of Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 3 km south-southwest of Wauters Point .
Chilean scientists named her after Antonio Mazzei Fernández, officer on board the Maipo in the 13th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1958-1959) and then meteorologist on the Piloto Pardo in the 20th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1965-1966). The background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Mazzei, Caleta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)