Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Arguindeguy, estrecho (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Arguindeguy, estrecho (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Passage (9)
This name originates from Argentina. It is part of the Nomenclador Antártico Argentino and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Se encuentra entre la isla Cerro Nevado y la isla Marambio, al SE de la península Trinidad. Nominado en recuerdo del Teniente de Fragata Luis E. Arguindeguy, quien falleciera en la provincia argentina de Mendoza sepultado por un alud el 18 de agosto de 1953, mientras realizaba un curso preparatorio en la montaña para ocupar la Jefatura de un Destacamento Naval en la Antártida. SHN carta H-713.
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