Galindez Island
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Galindez Island () is an island 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long, lying immediately east of Winter Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot, who named it for Commander Ismael F. Galindez, Argentine Navy, who was dispatched in the in the Uruguay to search for Charcot, when the expedition was feared lost early in 1905. Recharted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37.
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- This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.
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