Punta Agradable
| Punta Agradable | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 31 ′ S , 64 ° 8 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Graham coast | |
| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
Punta Agradable ( Spanish in Chile Punta Chaura ) is a headland at the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located at the northern end of the Barison Peninsula between the Beascochea and Leroux Bay . It protrudes into the Grandidier Canal .
Argentine scientists named it after the corvette Agradable , which belonged to the squadron of the Argentine Admiral Guillermo Brown (1777-1857). Chilean scientists, however, named it after Pedro Chaura, a crew member of the Yelcho in the rescue of the endurance expedition (1914-1917) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton who were stranded on Elephant Island in 1916 .
Web links
- Agradable, punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)