Borceguí Island
| Borceguí Island | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 3 ′ S , 55 ° 9 ′ W | |
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Borceguí Island ( Spanish Islote Borceguí , literally translated half-boot island ; in the United Kingdom Buskin Rocks ) is an ice-free island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 1.5 km off the north coast of Elephant Island between Cape Yelcho and the Gibbous Rocks .
The crew of the Argentine tug Chiriguano gave the island its descriptive name, based on its shape, during a voyage to the Antarctic that lasted from 1954 to 1955. This was translated into English by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1972 . The alternative English-language name comes from the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee of November 3, 1971. The background was surveys by the British Joint Services Expedition (1970-1971), which Borceguí Island had identified as the largest of a group of cliff rocks .
Web links
- Borceguí Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Borceguí Island on geographic.org (English)