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)
Uruguay, Isla (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Uruguay, 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:
Descubierta por la Expedición Francesa del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, durante los años 1903-1904, quien le dio el nombre de la corbeta "Uruguay" que actuó en el rescate de una Expedición Sueca en 1903. Situada entre isla Irizar e isla Corner en la parte NE de las islas Argentine, frente a la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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