 The current is named after Danish vice-admiral (1802–1888).Simacota

Simacota is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.In 1965, the city had briefly been invaded by more than 100 members of the anti-government "Ejército de Liberación Nacional" (ELN), the "National Liberation Army")  and "captured the public imagination" in its first act as a new guerrilla organization.