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)
Pennilea, Laguna (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Pennilea, Laguna (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Water body (11)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Durante el período 1905-1931 se le conoció por los balleneros como Tokroningen. En 1950, se alteró el nombre a lago Kroner por una expedición Británica, después de un levantamiento de la isla Decepción, por el capitán de corbeta D.N. Penfold, RN, efectuado en 1948-1949. Laguna de unos 450 metros de largo por unos 300 metros de ancho, situada directamente al N y a unos 250 metros de punta Penfold, caleta Balleneros, isla Decepción.
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