Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Galindez Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Galindez Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Island 0.5 mi long, lying immediately E of Winter Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the FrAE, 1903-05, under Charcot, who named it for Cdr. Ismael F. Galindez, Argentine Navy, who was dispatched in the feared lost early in 1905. Recharted by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37.
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