Saavedra Rock
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Saavedra Rock is the largest of several rocks at the southwest corner of Gonzalez Anchorage
, in the Duroch Islands
. Named by the fifth Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950-51, for Lieutenant Colonel Eduardo Saavedra R., chief army delegate aboard the ship Lautaro.
Gonzalez Anchorage
Gonzalez Anchorage is an anchorage in the Duroch Islands on the west side of Kopaitic Island. The anchorage was charted by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1948, which gave the name after Capitan de Fragata Ernesto Gonzalez Navarrete, the commander of the expedition....
, in the Duroch Islands
Duroch Islands
Duroch Islands is a group of islands and rocks which extend over an area of about 3 miles , centering about 1 mile northwest of Cape Legoupil, off the north coast of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837–40, who gave the name "Rocher...
. Named by the fifth Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950-51, for Lieutenant Colonel Eduardo Saavedra R., chief army delegate aboard the ship Lautaro.