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Ramírez Island
Ramírez Island is located in Antarctica
Ramírez Island
Ramírez Island
Location in Antarctica
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 69°09′S 68°28′W / 69.150°S 68.467°W / -69.150; -68.467
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Ramírez Island is the northernmost of the three Bugge Islands), lying off Wordie Ice Shelf in the south part of Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, Antarctica. The island was named "Isla Eleuterio Ramirez" by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1947, possibly after a member of the expedition. A concise form of the original name has been approved.

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