Fondeadero Lemaire
| Fondeadero Lemaire | ||
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| Waters | Lemaire Channel | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 63 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Fondeadero Lemaire ( Spanish is) a natural harbor at the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 6 km southwest of Cape Renard in the entrance to the Lemaire Canal .
Chilean scientists named it after the name of the canal of the same name. Its namesake is Charles François Alexandre Lemaire (1863–1925), a Belgian African explorer and district commissioner in the Belgian Congo .
Web links
- Lemaire, Fondeadero in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)