Mogotes Aguilera
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 Map of Greenwich Island with Canto Point (here: Spark Pt), on which the Mogotes Aguilera tower |
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| location | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 27 ′ S , 59 ° 44 ′ W | |
The Mogotes Aguilera are two rocky hills up to 40 m high on the northeast coast of Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . They tower over Canto Point on the northwest side of the entrance to Discovery Bay .
Participants in the 1st Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1946–1947) carried out measurements and named them. It is named after the hydrograph Manuel Aguilera, who was involved in surveying the northeastern part of Greenwich Island on this expedition.
Web links
- Aguilera, Mogotes in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)