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Aldea Island
Aldea
Island
is the
central
of the three
Bugge Islands
, off
Wordie Ice Shelf
,
Fallières Coast
,
Antarctic Peninsula
.
The island
was named
Isla
Aldea
by the
Chilean Antarctic Expedition
,
1947
,
probably
after
Sargento
Juan de Dios Aldea
, of the
Chilean Navy
, one of the heroes of the
naval
battle of Iquique
,
May 21
,
1879
.