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Aguirre Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Aguirre Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Promontory on the North coast of Elephant Island, 5.5 km West from Cape Valentine.
Named after León Aguirre Romero, 2nd in command of the Chilean tugboat Yelcho (Cape Yelcho) which rescued 22 members of ITAE from Point Wild, 30 August 1916. Named in association with Cape Yelcho and Pardo Ridge [Capt. Luis Alberto Pardo Villalón (1882-1935) commander of the Yelcho].
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