Visca Anchorage

Visca Anchorage
Location of Visca Anchorage in Antarctica

Visca Anchorage (62°5′S 58°24′W / 62.083°S 58.400°W / -62.083; -58.400Coordinates: 62°5′S 58°24′W / 62.083°S 58.400°W / -62.083; -58.400) is the northwestern cove of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, at King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot, and named by him for Dr. Visca, an acquaintance in Montevideo.

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