Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Cockburn, Isla (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cockburn, Isla (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Fue descubierta por la Expedición Británica de 1839-1843, al mando del capitán James Clark Ross, quien le dio el nombre por el almirante George Cockburn, RN., quien posteriormente en 1851, fue almirante de la flota. Isla situada en la boca oriental del paso Almirantazgo, a 6 millas al ESE del cabo Gage, extremo oriental de la isla Ross, la cual está ubicada frente a la costa oriental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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