Buskin Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Buskin Rocks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising 6m above sea level off N coast of Elephant Island. The largest of the rocks was called descriptively Islote Borceguï [=buskin islet] by AAE, 1954-55 (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.37; Pierrou, 1970, p.209). Islote Bourceguí [sic] (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957). The rocks were surveyed by JSEEI and named Buskin Rocks (APC, 1974, p.3; DOS 610 sheet W 61 54, 1-GSGS 1972). Borceguí Island (Alberts, 1977, p. 40).
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