Boffa Island

Boffa Island

Location within Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°28′S 110°37′E
Archipelago	Windmill Islands
Length	1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Boffa Island is a rocky, ridge-like Antarctic island, 1.5 km (0.8 nmi) long, lying half a kilometre east of Browning Peninsula between Bosner and Birkenhauer Islands, in the south part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the US-ACAN for W. C. Boffa, observer with the then Army Strategic Air Command (SAC), who assisted Operation Windmill parties in establishing astronomical control stations in the area in January 1948.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Boffa Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.