Fondeadero Magallanes
| Fondeadero Magallanes | ||
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| Waters | Paradise Harbor | |
| Land mass | Bryde Island and Islotes Inútil , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 52 '58 " S , 62 ° 55' 36" W | |
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Fondeadero Magallanes ( Spanish is) a natural harbor in Paradise Harbor before the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located north of the Islotes Inútil off the eastern end of Bryde Island .
Chilean scientists named it after the whaling ship Magallanes , which broke into Antarctic waters on September 18, 1903 as the first ship in modern industrial whaling.
Web links
- Magallanes, Fondeadero in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)