Cape Yelcho is the northwestern extremity of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.[1] It was named by the UK Joint Services Expedition, 1970–71,[2] after the Chilean steam tug Yelcho.[3]
The tug, which was commanded by Luis Pardo, rescued members of Ernest Shackleton's stranded party from nearby Point Wild in August 1916.[3]
^Sailing Directions (planning Guide) and (enroute) for Antarctica. Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center. 1992. p. 307. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^Cape Yelcho. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
^ ab"Yelcho - The Little Boat that Could". Retrieved 29 November 2019.
CapeYelcho is the northwestern extremity of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the UK Joint Services Expedition...
reach 160 km/h (100 mph). Significant named features are CapeYelcho, Cape Valentine and Cape Lookout at the northeastern and southern extremes, and Point...
Minstrel Point is a point about midway between Cape Lindsey and CapeYelcho on the west coast of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica...
Isaza LSG Hallef LSG Alacalufe PM Puerto Williams The bow section of the Yelcho, the tug used by Luis Pardo in the 20th century to rescue Ernest Shackleton's...
55.04889°W / -61.10194; -55.04889, which is 18 km east-southeast of CapeYelcho and 10.14 km west of Point Wild. British mapping of the area in 1822...
-61.11000; -54.96639, which is 22.4 km east-southeast of CapeYelcho and 17 km west of Cape Valentine. British mapping of the area in 1822,1972 and 2009...
survivors of the Endurance by the Yelcho. The inscription reads: "Here on August 30th, 1916, the Chilean Navy cutter Yelcho commanded by Pilot Luis Pardo...
98444°W / -61.109028; -54.98444, which is 21.3 km east-southeast of CapeYelcho, 880 m southwest of Saffar Island, 6.56 km west-southwest of Point Wild...
962639°W / -61.10639; -54.962639, which is 22.36 km east-southeast of CapeYelcho, 5.4 km west-southwest of Point Wild, 360 m north-northeast of Ronalds...
Island, was named after him, and a cape on the northern tip of the Island was given the name Yelcho. The bow of the Yelcho is on display at Puerto Williams...
Chilean government and was offered the use of the Yelcho, a small seagoing tug from the Chilean Navy. Yelcho, commanded by Captain Luis Pardo, and the British...
named by the UK-APC after Captain Luis Pardo, commander of the Chilean tug Yelcho which rescued shipwrecked members of Shackleton's Endurance from Elephant...
1995, and stands restored as a historic site. Another scientific station (Yelcho) was established in 1962 by the Chilean Navy in South Bay on nearby Doumer...
surface of McMurdo Sound in the hopes of reaching the expedition's base at Cape Evans. His body was never found. Seven years later Hayward was posthumously...
River, which drains a large area of Argentine territory. Yelcho flows north-west from Yelcho Lake to the Gulf of Corcovado. The Palena is another river...
Antarctic Institute (INACH) Yelcho Base 64°52′33″S 63°35′02″W / 64.87583°S 63.58389°W / -64.87583; -63.58389 (ex Sub Base Yelcho) is located in the south...
but the ship's engine blew. Then, finally, with the aid of the steam-tug Yelcho commanded by Luis Pardo, the entire party was brought to safety, reaching...
Montevideo, to learn that Shackleton had effected his crew's own rescue in the Yelcho while Discovery was en route. In order to cover some of the costs of the...
In August, Worsley and Shackleton returned to Elephant Island aboard the Yelcho, a Chilean naval ship, to rescue the remaining members of the expedition...
seaweed. They were finally rescued by Shackleton aboard the Chilean ship Yelcho. Point Wild on Elephant Island is named after Frank Wild; a monument dedicated...
by the Chilean Navy cutter Yelcho displaying the following words: Here on 30 August 1916, the Chilean Navy cutter Yelcho commanded by Pilot Luis Pardo...
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