Caleta Thornton
| Caleta Thornton Caleta Mercado |
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | Trinity Peninsula , Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 14 '57 " S , 57 ° 29' 4" W | |
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The Caleta Thornton ( Spanish ; in Argentina Caleta Mercado ) is a bay on the northwest coast of the Trinity Peninsula at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 8 km southwest of Siffrey Point .
Chilean scientists named her after Lieutenant George Thornton M., hydrograph on the Yelcho on the 25th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1970–1971). The background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Thornton, Caleta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)