Monte Sagues
| Monte Sagues | ||
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| location | Joinville Islands ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ S , 56 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Monte Sagues ( Spanish ; in Argentina Monte Café ) is a mountain on the southwest coast of the West Antarctic Joinville Island . It rises 13 km southwest of Mount Alexander near the north bank of Active Sound .
Chilean scientists named him after Héctor Sagues Hermann, participant in the 2nd Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947-1948). The further background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Sagues, Monte in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)