Cordón Esmeralda
| Cordón Esmeralda | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Hutton Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 26 ′ S , 62 ° 42 ′ W | |
Cordón Esmeralda (in Argentina Cordón Trenque Lauquen ) is a mountain range on the Orville coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It stretches from the Bowman Peninsula to Gardner Inlet . It forms the southeastern part of the Hutton Mountains .
Chilean scientists named it after the Esmeralda , the ship of the Chilean frigate captain Arturo Prat in the naval battle of Iquique on May 21, 1879. Apparently the Argentinean name was named after the city of Trenque Lauquen in the province of Buenos Aires .
Web links
- Esmeralda, Cordón in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)