Caleta Salvador Reyes
| Caleta Salvador Reyes | ||
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.jpg) View into the Caleta Salvador Reyes with the Point Wild (left) |
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Land mass | Elephant Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 5 '59 " S , 54 ° 52' 7" W | |
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The Caleta Salvador Reyes ( Spanish ) is a bay on the north coast of Elephant Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies between Cape Belsham in the west and Point Wild in the east.
Scientists from the 9th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1954–1955) named it after the Chilean writer Salvador Reyes Figueroa (1899–1970), Chilean ambassador to the United Kingdom .
Web links
- Salvador Reyes, Caleta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)