Ortiz Island (63°18′S57°52′W / 63.3°S 57.867°W / -63.3; -57.867) is an island in the Duroch Islands. It lies 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) south of the eastern end of Largo Island and a like distance from the northern coast of Trinity Peninsula. The name was given by Martin Halpern, leader of the University of Wisconsin (USARP) field party which geologically mapped the Duroch Islands, 1961-62. It honors Marcos Ortiz G., Captain of the Chilean ship its study of this area.
Ortiz Point — Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Ortiz Point is an ice covered point on the northwest coast of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica named after Engineman Ortiz, member of the… … Wikipedia
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Yñigo Ortiz de Retez — (fl. 1545) was a 16th century Spanish maritime explorer, who navigated the northern coastline of the Pacific Melanesian island of New Guinea, and is credited with bestowing the island s name ( Nueva Guinea ). Spanish discovery On June 13, 1545… … Wikipedia
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Juan Ortiz de Matienzo — was a Spanish colonial judge and a member of the first Real Audiencia in the New World, that of Santo Domingo, in 1511. From December 9, 1528 until January 9, 1531, he was a member of the First Audiencia of Mexico City, which was the governing… … Wikipedia
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Yesenia Ortiz Acosta — (born 1975) is a Puerto Rican woman who became famous across the island after her disappearance, which occurred in Guayama, Puerto Rico, early in 1999, leading to one of the widest media searches in Puerto Rico during the 1990s.Ortiz Acosta met a … Wikipedia
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Juan Ortiz de Zárate — (c. 1521 Orduña, Biscay – 1575 Asunción) was a Spanish Basque explorer and conquistador. He journeyed to the Americas as a teenager, where he took part in the conquest of Peru under Diego de Almagro.On the removal of Francisco Ortiz de Vergara… … Wikipedia
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Ortiz Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
