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Gouverneur Island

Coordinates: 66°40′S 139°57′E / 66.667°S 139.950°E / -66.667; 139.950
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Gouverneur Island
Map
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°40′S 139°57′E / 66.667°S 139.950°E / -66.667; 139.950
Administration
None
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Gouverneur Island is a low rocky island 2.2 kilometres (1.2 nmi) west-southwest of Petrel Island and 4.4 kilometres (2.4 nmi) east of Cape Géodésie in the southern part of the Géologie Archipelago, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition under André F. Liotard, 1949–51. Liotard was the first man to encamp on the island and, as leader of the Expedition, also held the honorary post of governor.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gouverneur Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-02.

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