Barraza, Rada
Barraza, Rada is a cove in Antarctica.Places of Interest
Highlights include New Rock and Kirkwood, Mount.
New Rock
Island
New Rock is a rock, 105 m high, lying 1.4 kilometres off the southwest coast of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name of the rock derives from its relatively recent charting in about 1929.
Kirkwood, Mount
Peak
Mount Kirkwood is a mountain, 460 m, standing 3 nautical miles west of Entrance Point in the south part of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Kirkwood, Mount is situated 2½ km east of Barraza, Rada.
Crater Lake
Lake
Crater Lake is a volcanic crater, now filled with water, lying north-west of Mount Kirkwood on the south side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.Barraza, Rada
- Type: Cove
- Also known as: “Pingüinera, Rada”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-63° or 63° south
Longitude
-60.7° or 60° 42′ west
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
379X272X+2X
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
“Barraza, Rada” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Barraza, Rada”
- Spanish: “Pingüinera, rada”
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Highlights include Descubierta, Punta de la and Emerald Lake.
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