Bulnes Island

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
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bulnes Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-10-05.

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