Coordinates: 66°7′S 65°45′W / 66.117°S 65.750°W / -66.117; -65.750

Marie Island

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Marie Island
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Location of Stresher Peninsula on Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula
Location in Antarctica
Marie Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°7′S 65°45′W / 66.117°S 65.750°W / -66.117; -65.750
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Marie Island is an island 4 km (2 nmi) long, which lies immediately north of Cape Evensen on the northwest coast of Stresher Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. The name "Pointe Marie," after the elder sister of Dr. Jean-Baptiste Charcot, was applied by the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1903–05) to a point on the coast close north of Cape Evensen. After the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–10) Charcot re-applied the name to the southern tip of an island, "Ile Waldeck-Rousseau," in approximately the same latitude. Correlating its survey with those of Charcot, the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–37) identified "Ile Waldeck-Rousseau" as Waldeck-Rousseau Peak on the mainland. The most prominent feature near the peak requiring a name is this island, and the name "Marie Island" preserves Charcot's naming in the locality.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Marie Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 August 2013.

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