Chiriguano Bay
| Chiriguano Bay | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Land mass | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 28 ′ 39 ″ S , 62 ° 31 ′ 34 ″ W | |
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| Tributaries | Koch Glacier | |
The Chiriguano Bay ( Spanish Bahía Chiriguano ) is a bay at the southern end of the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located northeast of Strath Point .
Participants in an Argentine Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1948 to 1949 carried out measurements and named the bay. It is named after the tug Chiriguano , one of the ships on this research trip. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the Spanish name to English on December 15, 1982.
Web links
- Chiriguano Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chiriguano Bay on geographic.org (English)