Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Thornton, Caleta (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Thornton, Caleta (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cove (3)
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:
El nombre corresponde al apellido del teniente 1º George Thornton M., del AGS. "Yelcho" de la Armada de Chile, quien participó en los trabajos hidrográficos antárticos realizados por la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1971. Caleta que se ubica a aproximadamente 5 millas al SW del cabo Siffrey, en la costa NW de la península Luis Felipe de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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