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Pasteur Island

Coordinates: 66°37′S 140°6′E / 66.617°S 140.100°E / -66.617; 140.100
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Pasteur Island
Pasteur Island is located in Antarctica
Pasteur Island
Pasteur Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°37′S 140°6′E / 66.617°S 140.100°E / -66.617; 140.100
Administration
None
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Pasteur Island is a small rocky island at the southeast end of the Dumoulin Islands, close north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949-51. Named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1951–52, for Louis Pasteur, famous French chemist who made notable contributions to medical science.

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


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