Name details

Cape Agüero

Cape Agüero (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Agüero  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 140250

Feature type: Cape

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Point at the western side of Hero Bay, Livingston Island, about 6 km SSE from Black Point.

Named For

Named after Clodomiro Agüero Soto, Cook on the Chilean Navy ship Yelcho (Cape Yelcho, Elephant Island) during the rescue of Shackleton's men on Elephant Island in 1916.

Location

Latitude:
62° 32' 06.0" S
-62.53500°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 41' 12.0" W
-60.68667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
USGS Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica and SCAR Antarctic Digital Database in UK APC GIS; BAS aerial photography 2013, 30 m resolution, photography 12 cm resolution
Source Identifier:
https://apc.antarctica.ac.uk/
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
British Antarctic Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
8-Nov-2018

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