Büdel Islands
| Büdel Islands | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 47 ′ S , 65 ° 38 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | unknown | |
| Total land area | unknown | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Büdel Islands ( English Büdel Islands ; in Chile Islas Aldea ) are a group of islands in the archipelago of the Biscoe Islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located off the east coast of Renaud Island , between Laktionov Island and Schule Island .
The exact position of the Büdel Islands was first recorded on an Argentine government map from 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the German sea ice specialist Julius Büdel . The namesake of the name valid in Chile is Juan de Dios Aldea Fonseca (1853–1879), a protagonist of the naval battles of Iquique and Punta Gruesa .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Büdel Islands ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 243 (English).