Fondeadero Rowett
| Fondeadero Rowett | ||
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| Waters | Loper Canal | |
| Land mass | Elephant Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 55 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Fondeadero Rowett ( Spanish ) is a 18 m deep natural harbor on the south coast of Elephant Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is northeast of Rowett Island and immediately east of Cape Lookout .
Chilean scientists named it after the name of the island of the same name. Its namesake is John Quiller Rowett (1874-1924), a British businessman and financier of the Quest Expedition (1921-1922) under the direction of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Rowett, Fondeadero in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)