Monte Munizaga
| Monte Munizaga | ||
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| location | Hoseason Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 43 '37 " S , 61 ° 43' 48" W | |
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The Monte Munizaga (in Argentina Monte Norte ) is a mountain on Hoseason Iceland in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises immediately to the east of Punta Fernandez .
Chilean scientists named him after Fernando S. Munizaga, participant in the 4th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1949–1950). The Argentine name is descriptive and is based on the location of the mountain on Hoseason Island ( Spanish norte , north ' ).
See also
- Munizaga Peak , mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica
Web links
- Munizaga, Monte in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)