COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

forming SW entrance of Hughes Bay, Danco Coast, was sighted from the sealer Sprightly (Capt. E. Hughes) in 1824 (Powell, chart, 1828); roughly mapped by BeAE as part of the mainland; charted as an island prior to 1938 (BA chart 3205, 2.ix.1938); called Islote Teniente Kopaitic by CAE, 1947, after Tte 1° B. Kopaitic O. (Kopaitic Island, q.v.) (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947); called Isla Murray in association with Cape Murray (q.v.) (Argentina. MM chart EE, 1954; Pierrou, 1970, p.536); photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57; named Bluff Island to preserve the original naming of Cape Murray (APC, 1960, p.3; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). Isla Gándara, after Capt. (N) J. Gándara B. (Gándara Island, q.v.) (Chile. DNH chart 1501, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.134). Isla Teniente Kopaitic, Islote Kopaitic, Teniente Kopaitic, as rejected names (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.134, 172, 284).

Denominada por la IX Expedición Antártica Chilena, 1954-1955, por el comodoro Jorge Gándara Boffill. Punta que limita por el S la bahía Hughes de contornos muy irregulares, termina al occidente en la isla Gándara. Mide 4 millas de largo por 3 de ancho. Su relieve es montañoso, cuya máxima altura es 424 metros; está completamente cubierta de nieve, pero presenta manchas de piedra desnuda en sus laderas acantiladas.

Island 6 mi long lying at the SW side of Hughes Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. The feature has been known to sealers operating in the area since the 1820s, although it was shown on charts as part of the mainland. In 1922 the whale catcher Graham passed through the channel separating it from the mainland, proving its insularity. Named in association with Cape Murray, the seaward extremity of the island.