Lecointe Island

Lecointe Island
Location of Lecointe Island
Lecointe Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Lecointe Island
Lecointe Island
Location in Antarctica
Lecointe Island is located in Antarctica
Lecointe Island
Lecointe Island
Lecointe Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°14′38.93″S 62°3′10.23″W / 64.2441472°S 62.0528417°W / -64.2441472; -62.0528417
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Length7.27 km (4.517 mi)
Width2.2 km (1.37 mi)
Highest elevation700 m (2300 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Lecointe Island is an elongated island, 7.27 km (4.52 mi) long between Cape Kaiser and Hvarchil Point, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) wide and 700 m (2,300 ft) high, separated from the east coast of Brabant Island by Pampa Passage, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.[1]

The island was first roughly surveyed by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, which gave the name Cape Kaiser to its northern extremity. The island was surveyed and photographed by several British expeditions, 1955–58, and was named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for Georges Lecointe, second-in-command and surveyor of the Belgian expedition which was responsible for the first survey of Gerlache Strait.

It is also known as Isla Kaiser and Isla Alice.

Brabant Island from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Lecointe Island is the larger of the two islands just left of Brabant.

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References

  1. ^ "Lecointe Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

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


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