Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Jorquera, Islotes (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Jorquera, Islotes (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:
Fueron denominados por la VI Expedición Antártica Chilena, en honor al comandante capitán de fragata Sr. Pedro Jorquera G., a bordo del patrullero "Leucotón" 1951-1952. Islotes situado a 4 millas al NW de los islotes Vedel, frente a la costa W de las islas Dannebrog al S del estrecho Bismarck.
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