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Bulnes Island: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Bulnes Island in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Bulnes Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2138

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 18' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 057° 58' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.3

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -57.9666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): A small island lying 2 mi NW of Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula. Charted by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947-48 under Capitan de Fragata Ernesto Gonzalez Navarrete. Named by him for Manuel Bulnes Sanfuentes, Minister of National Defense during the preceding Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Bulnes Island in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bulnes Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulnes Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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