Costa de las Grutas
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location | Trinity Island , Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica | |
Waters | Orléans Street | |
From |
Borge Point 63 ° 54 ′ 36.7 " S , 60 ° 45 ′ 23.4" W. |
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Awl Point 63 ° 51 ′ 36.4 ″ S , 60 ° 37 ′ 41.5 ″ W. |
Coordinates: 63 ° 53 ′ S , 60 ° 42 ′ W
The Costa de las Grutas ( Spanish for Coast of the Grottoes ) is a stretch of coast in the south of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is east of the entrance to Mikkelsen Harbor and borders Orléans Street .
Chilean scientists named them after the numerous grottoes located here .
Web links
- De las Grutas, Costa in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)