Borceguí Island

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Borceguí Island (61°3′S 55°9′W / 61.050°S 55.150°W / -61.050; -55.150Coordinates: 61°3′S 55°9′W / 61.050°S 55.150°W / -61.050; -55.150) is an ice-free island midway between Cape Yelcho and the Gibbous Rocks, 1 nautical mile (2 km) off the north coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. 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

  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

  1. ↑ "Borceguí Island". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 

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