Islote Alagon
| Islote Alagon | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 50 ′ S , 65 ° 21 ′ W | |
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The Islote Alagon (in Chile Islote Cabañas ) is a small island in Grandidier Channel before the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located northwest of Larrouy Island .
Argentine scientists named it after Manuel Alagon, who died on board the frigate 25 de Mayo in the 1826 naval battle for Quilmes in the Argentine-Brazilian war . The namesake of the Chilean name is Froilán Cabañas Rodríguez, crew member of the Yelcho in the 1916 rescue of the participants in the endurance expedition (1914-1917) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton who were stranded on Elephant Island .
Web links
- Alagon, islote in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)