Bulnes Island

Bulnes Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 63°18′S 57°58′W / 63.300°S 57.967°W / -63.300; -57.967Coordinates: 63°18′S 57°58′W / 63.300°S 57.967°W / -63.300; -57.967
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Bulnes Island is a small island lying 4 kilometres (2 nmi) northwest of Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula. It was charted by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947–48 under Capitan de Fragata Ernesto Gonzalez Navarrete, and named by him for Manuel Bulnes Sanfuentes, Minister of National Defense during the preceding Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947.[1]

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References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Bulnes Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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