Montes Aguayo
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| location | Joinville Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 11 ′ S , 55 ° 56 ′ W | |
The Montes Aguayo ( Spanish ; in Argentina Los Pozos for 'The Fountains') are a group of nunataks in the center of Joinville Island off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Chilean scientists named it after the Chilean veterinarian and marine biologist Anelio Aguayo Lobo (* 1933) from the Universidad de Chile , who participated in the 20th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1965-1966) in the first census on the mammal population in this area.
Web links
- Aguayo, Montes in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)