Borceguí Island
 Elephant Island | |
  Borceguí Island Location of Borceguí Island  Borceguí Island Borceguí Island (Antarctica) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 61°3′S 55°9′W / 61.050°S 55.150°W |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
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]
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[edit]- ^ "Borceguí Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Borceguí Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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