Borceguí Island
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 61°3′S 55°9′W / 61.050°S 55.150°WCoordinates: 61°3′S 55°9′W / 61.050°S 55.150°W |
| Country | |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Borceguí Island (61°3′S 55°9′W / 61.050°S 55.150°W) is an ice-free island in the South Shetland Islands, midway between Cape Yelcho and the Gibbous Rocks, 2 kilometres (1 nmi) off the north coast of Elephant Island. The name was applied by the command of the Argentine sea-going tug Chiriguano in the 1954–55 cruise; in Spanish "borceguí" means half-boot and describes the shape of the island.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Borceguí Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
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