Bugge Islands

Antarctica / Sector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK / General San Martin - permanent station of Argentina /
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Small group of ice-covered islands lying close off the front of Wordie Ice Shelf and between 4 and 11 mi NW of Mount Guernsey, off the W coast of Antarctic Peninsula. First seen from the air and photographed by the BGLE in 1936, and later roughly mapped from the photographs. Observed in 1947 from the Port of Beaumont, Texas by the RARE under Ronne, who named these islands for his niece, Ruth Bugge, who supplied woolen clothing from Norway for the RARE.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugge_Islands
Coordinates:   69°11'50"S   68°24'29"W
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