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Bosner Island is an Antarctic rocky island, 0.6 km (0.3 nmi) long, lying 0.19 km (0.1 nmi) northwest of Boffa Island and half a kilometre east of Browning Peninsula in the south part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the US-ACAN for Paul Bosner, member of one of the two Operation Windmill photographic units which obtained aerial and ground photos of the area in January 1948.

Bosner Island

Bosner Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°27′S 110°36′E
Archipelago	Windmill Islands
Length	0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

References

External links

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

На других языках

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[de] Bosner Island

Bosner Island ist eine 500 m lange und felsige Insel im südlichen Teil des Archipels der Windmill-Inseln vor der Küste des ostantarktischen Wilkeslands. Sie liegt 160 m nordwestlich von Boffa Island und 800 m östlich der Browning-Halbinsel.

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- [en] Bosner Island

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[it] Isola Bosner

L'isola Bosner (in inglese Bosner Island) è una piccola isola antartica facente parte dell'arcipelago Windmill.

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