Laguna Chilota
| Laguna Chilota | ||
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| Waters | Port Foster | |
| Land mass | Deception Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 58 '36 " S , 60 ° 42' 20" W | |
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The Laguna Chilota ( Spanish ) is a lagoon in the extreme southwest of Port Foster of Deception Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
Scientists of the 1st Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1946–1947) mapped it on January 22, 1947. They named it after a local name for residents of the Chilean island of Chiloé .
Web links
- Chilota, Laguna in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)