Advent Island
Bauprés Rocks are two rocks lying in the middle of the southern entrance to Peltier Channel, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1903–05, the descriptive name Rocas Bauprés was used on Argentine government charts as early as 1952; when viewed from a distance the feature is reported to resemble the bowsprit of a ship.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dayné Peak and Yelcho Base.
Dayné Peak
Peak
Dayné Peak is a distinctive pyramidal peak, 730 metres high, immediately northeast of Cape Errera, the southwest tip of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.
Yelcho Base
Dwelling
Yelcho Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on the shore of the South Bay, Doumer Island. The station was built in 1962 by the Chilean Army and was given to the INACH in 1980.
Advent Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Baupres Rocks”, “Bauprés Rocks”, and “Baupres, rocas”
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Advent Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bauprés”
- Chinese: “鮑普雷斯岩”
- Dutch: “Bauprés Rocks”
- German: “Bauprés Rocks”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bauprés Rocks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bauprés Rocks”
- Norwegian: “Bauprés Rocks”
- Spanish: “Advent, Islote”
- Spanish: “Bauprés, rocas”
- Swedish: “Bauprés Rocks”
- Swedish: “Bauprés”
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