Islote Cirilo
| Islote Cirilo | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Archipelago | Danger Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 24 ′ S , 54 ° 40 ′ W | |
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The Islote Cirilo ( Spanish ) is an island off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the northeasternmost of the Danger Islands and is 20 km east-southeast of Moody Point , the eastern branch of Joinville Island .
Chilean scientists named it after Cirilo Téllez Almonacid, stoker on the Yelcho in the 1916 rescue of the endurance expedition (1914-1917) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton who were stranded on Elephant Island .
Web links
- Cirilo, Islote in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)