Islote Atalaya
| Islote Atalaya | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Dallmann Bay | |
| Archipelago | Melchior Islands , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 18 '46.9 " S , 62 ° 52' 25.7" W | |
|
||
| length | 175 m | |
The Islote Atalaya (Spanish for "viewing island "; in Chile Islote Cholin ) is a 175 m long island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of the Melchior Islands , it is 175 m east of the eastern foothills of the Eta Island .
Argentine scientists mapped it and named it in 1947. It is named after the special view of the coast of the neighboring Brabant island from here . Chilean scientists, however, named them after Antonio Colin Paredes, a crew member of the Yelcho in the rescue of the endurance expedition (1914-1917) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton who were stranded on Elephant Island in 1916 .
Web links
- Atalaya, islote in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)