Monte Guina
| Monte Guina | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Monte Guina (in Argentina Monte Hirart ) is a mountain at the Graham Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises about 1.5 km inland from Bigo Bay .
Chilean scientists named him after Alex Guina Queirolo of the Chilean Land Forces , a participant in the 8th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1953-1954) on the Rancagua ship to replace the team at the Bernardo O'Higgins station . The background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Guina, Monte in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)