Islote Jorge
| Islote Jorge | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 50 ′ S , 64 ° 32 ′ W | |
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The Islote Jorge ( Spanish ) is a small island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is 1.665 km east-northeast of Buff Island near the western entrance to Bismarck Strait and together with Islote Edgardo forms the group of Walsham Rocks .
Ernesto González Navarrete, head of the 2nd Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) named it after his son Jorge.
Web links
- Jorge, Islote in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)