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Borceguí Island

Coordinates: 61°3′S 55°9′W / 61.050°S 55.150°W / -61.050; -55.150
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Borceguí Island
Elephant Island
Borceguí Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Borceguí Island
Borceguí Island
Location of Borceguí Island
Borceguí Island is located in Antarctica
Borceguí Island
Borceguí Island
Borceguí Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates61°3′S 55°9′W / 61.050°S 55.150°W / -61.050; -55.150
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Borceguí Island (61°3′S 55°9′W / 61.050°S 55.150°W / -61.050; -55.150) 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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Borceguí Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Borceguí Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.