Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950–51, after Don Pedro Aguirre Cerda, President of Chile, 1938–41.
He was born in Pocuro, a small village near the city of Los Andes, in Chile.
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He also promoted and campaigned for a Nobel prize for Gabriela Mistral, which only came to fruition under his successor, Juan Antonio Ríos.
The Chilean President Pedro Aguirre Cerda had named the poet Pablo Neruda Special Consul in Paris for Immigration, and he was charged with what he called "the noblest mission I have ever undertaken": shipping the Spanish refugees, who had been housed by the French in internment camps, to Chile.
San Pedro Sula | San Pedro | Pedro Almodóvar | San Pedro de Macorís | Pedro Infante | Pedro II of Brazil | Pedro Martínez | Pedro Vargas | San Pedro, Los Angeles | Pedro Rosselló | San Pedro Town | Colégio Pedro II | Pedro Rodríguez | Pedro Fernández de Castro | Pedro Damián | Pedro Álvares Cabral | San Pedro de Atacama | Point Pedro | Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay | Pedro Juan Caballero | Pedro Cieza de León | Pedro Bell | Esperanza Aguirre | Dom Pedro | Colégio Pedro II (Rio de Janeiro) | São Pedro | Pedro Torres | Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver) | Pedro Rizzo | Pedro Pierluisi |
The new line will directly benefit the communes of Cerrillos, Estación Central, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Santiago, San Miguel, San Joaquín, Ñuñoa, Providencia and Las Condes.