Bulnes Island
Bulnes Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Bulnes Island
Bulnes Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°18′S 57°58′W / 63.300°S 57.967°W / -63.300; -57.967
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 5 October 2011.

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