Rosendo Porlier y Asteguieta

Rosendo Porlier y Asteguieta (1771–1819) was a Peruvian-born Spanish admiral, Brigadier of the Royal Spanish Navy. Porlier Bay in Livingston Island, Antarctica, where he died, is named after him.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Porlier and the second or maternal family name is Asteguieta.

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