Barraza, Rada
Barraza, Rada is a cove in Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkwood, Mount and New Rock.
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.
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.
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.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955. Aguirre Cerda Research Station is situated 9 km northeast of Barraza, Rada.
Barraza, Rada
- Type: Cove
- Also known as: “Pingüinera, Rada”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-63° or 63° southLongitude
-60.7° or 60° 42′ westElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
379X272X+2XGeoNames ID
6623309
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In Other Languages
“Barraza, Rada” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Barraza, Rada”
- Spanish: “Pingüinera, rada”
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