Tenorio Rock () is a rock 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) offshore in western
Discovery Bay
Discovery Bay (DB) is a resort town on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It consists of mixed, primarily residential, development, in particular upmarket residential development and private and public recreational facilities, including garden houses, ...
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Greenwich Island
Greenwich Island (variant historical names ''Sartorius Island'', ''Berezina Island'') is an island long and from (average ) wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area . The name Greenwic ...
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South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1 ...
. The name derives from the forms "
Islote Tenorio" and "
Islote Aviador Tenorio" used on Chilean hydrographic charts of the 1950s.
Humbert Tenorio Island was second pilot of the Sikorsky helicopter employed by the
Chilean Antarctic Expedition
The First Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) was an expedition to Antarctica mounted by the Chilean government and military to enforce its territorial claims against British challenges, namely Operation Tabarin.
Among other accomplishmen ...
of 1947.
Rock formations of Antarctica
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