Eduardo Saavedra Rojas
Eduardo Saavedra Rojas | |
|---|---|
| Director of the Military Geographic Institute | |
| In office 1956–1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1909 |
| Died | 29 July 1970 (aged 60) |
| Relatives | Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez |
| Education | Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy |
| Occupation | Military officer, engineer, university professor |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Chile |
| Branch/service | Chilean Army |
| Years of service | 1928-1962 |
| Rank | General |
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Eduardo Saavedra Rojas (1 October 1909 – 29 July 1970) was a Chilean military officer, engineer and academic. He reached the rank of general in the Chilean Army and served as director of the Military Geographic Institute. He was noted for his participation in geopolitical and geographic projects relevant to Chile, such as the construction of the General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme Base in Antarctica, the defense of the Chilean thesis on the division between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in the south, and the cartographic study on the location of the Encuentro River and its origin.