Irízar lagoon
| Irízar lagoon | ||
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| Waters | Port Foster | |
| Land mass | Deception Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 58 ′ 45 ″ S , 60 ° 42 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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The Irízar Lagoon is a lagoon on Deception Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . At Port Foster , it is located in the Irízar Crater between Mount Irízar and the Argentine station Decepción .
Polish scientists named it in 1999 based on the name of the mountain and crater of the same name. Its namesake is Julián Irízar (1869-1935), captain of the Argentine corvette Uruguay , which was used in the rescue of the stranded participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903).
Web links
- Irízar Lagoon in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)