Boogie Island

Boogie Island
Boogie Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 64°49′28″S 63°30′16″W / 64.82444°S 63.50444°W / -64.82444; -63.50444Coordinates: 64°49′28″S 63°30′16″W / 64.82444°S 63.50444°W / -64.82444; -63.50444
Archipelago Palmer Archipelago
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Boogie Island is a small, low-lying island in the entrance to Port Lockroy, about 550 meters west of Goudier Island, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago. It was roughly charted by Jean-Baptiste Charcot in 1904, and surveyed and originally named by Operation Tabarin in 1944.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Boogie Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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