Bosner Island

Bosner Island

Bosner Island (coord|66|27|S|110|36|E) is an Antarctic rocky island, 0.3 mi long, lying 0.1 mi northwest of Boffa Island and half a mile 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.

See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands


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  • Wilson Island (Antarctica) — Wilson Island (coord|66|27|S|110|34|E|) is a mainly ice free island lying between Browning Peninsula and Bosner Island in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and… …   Wikipedia

  • Boffa Island — (coord|66|28|S|110|37|E) is a rocky, ridge like Antarctic island, 0.8 mi long, lying half a mile east of Browning Peninsula between Bosner and Birkenhauer Islands, in the south part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped by USN Operation… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands — This is a List of Antarctic and sub Antarctic islands. Sub Antarctic islands are islands in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica north of the Antarctic Circle (66° 33 38 ). Antarctic islands are the islands in the Southern Ocean or in the seas… …   Wikipedia

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