Anvers Island
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Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island 61 km long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered by John Biscoe in 1
Palmer Station
Neumayer Channel shown here, separates Anvers Island from Wiencke Island and Doumer Island to the east
Anvers Island's Mount Francis (elevation 2 760 m)
ARA Bahía Paraíso
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ARA Bahía Paraíso was an Argentine Navy auxiliary ship that sank in 1989, 2 miles from Palmer Station at Arthur Harbor, Antarctica, resulting in a 170,000 US gal oil spill.
Anvers Island
…aground near La Plaza Point, Antarctica. She was towed to Buenos Aires, Argentina and then to Kristiansand, Norway for repairs. On 28 January 1989 the ARA Bahía Paraíso sank off Palmer Station and Anvers. D'Abnour Bay is a small bay 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east-southeast of Cape Gronland in northern Anvers…
Model of the Bahía Paraíso.