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Duroch Islands

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The Duroch Islands are a group of islands and rocks which extend over an area of about, centred about off Cape Legoupil on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. [1]

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  1. 27 relations: Adélie penguin, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, Bird colony, BirdLife International, Bransfield Strait, British Antarctic Survey, Chile, Chilean Antarctic Expedition, Chinstrap penguin, Duroch Islands, French ship Astrolabe (1811), Gentoo penguin, Huon Bay (Antarctica), Important Bird Area, James Ross Island, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Laclavère Plateau, Madison, Wisconsin, Mott Snowfield, Schmidt Peninsula (Antarctica), Trinity Peninsula, United States Antarctic Program, University of Chile, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Adélie penguin

The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is the only place where it is found.

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Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme

Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, also Base Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, or shortly Bernardo O'Higgins, named after Bernardo O'Higgins, is a permanently staffed Chilean research station in Antarctica and the capital of Antártica Commune.

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Bird colony

A bird colony is a large congregation of individuals of one or more species of bird that nest or roost in proximity at a particular location.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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Bransfield Strait

Bransfield Strait or Fleet Sea (Estrecho de Bransfield, Mar de la Flota) is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast – southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Chilean Antarctic Expedition

The First Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) was an expedition to Antarctica mounted by the Chilean government and military to enforce its territorial claims against British challenges, namely Operation Tabarin.

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Chinstrap penguin

The chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) is a species of penguin that inhabits a variety of islands and shores in the Southern Pacific and the Antarctic Oceans.

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Duroch Islands

The Duroch Islands are a group of islands and rocks which extend over an area of about, centred about off Cape Legoupil on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Duroch Islands and Duroch Islands are important Bird Areas of Antarctica, islands of Graham Land and penguin colonies.

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French ship Astrolabe (1811)

Astrolabe was originally a horse-transport barge converted into an exploration ship of the French Navy.

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Gentoo penguin

The gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) is a penguin species (or possibly a species complex) in the genus Pygoscelis, most closely related to the Adélie penguin (P. adeliae) and the chinstrap penguin (P. antarcticus).

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Huon Bay (Antarctica)

Huon Bay is the bay about ´ wide between Cape Ducorps and Cape Legoupil, along the north coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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James Ross Island

James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Duroch Islands and James Ross Island are islands of Graham Land.

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Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.

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Laclavère Plateau

Laclavère Plateau is a plateau, long and from wide, rising to between Misty Pass and Theodolite Hill, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.

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Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.

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Mott Snowfield

Mott Snowfield is a snowfield in the northeast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, between Laclavère Plateau and the Antarctic Sound.

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Schmidt Peninsula (Antarctica)

Schmidt Peninsula is a small peninsula connected by a low isthmus to Cape Legoupil on the Trinity Peninsula of Antarctica.

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Trinity Peninsula

Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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United States Antarctic Program

The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent.

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University of Chile

The University of Chile (Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duroch_Islands

Also known as Acuña Rocks, Agurto Rock, Bulnes Island, Cohen Islands, Gándara Island, González Anchorage, Gutiérrez Reef, Halpern Point, Isla Elena Cerda de Bulnes, Kopaitic Island, Labbé Rock, Largo Island, Link Island, Montravel Rock, Ortiz Island, Pebbly Mudstone Island, Ponce Island, Romero Rock, Rosa Rock, Saavedra Rock, Silvia Rock, Vidaurre Rock, Wisconsin Islands.