Lecointe Island

Antarctica / Sector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK / Palmer - permanent station of the US /
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An elongated island, 4 mi long and 700 m high, separated from the E coast of Brabant Island by Pampa Passage, in the Palmer Archipelago. 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 them for Georges Lecointe, second-in-command and surveyor of the Belgian expedition which was responsible for the first survey of Gerlache Strait.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecointe_Island
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Coordinates:   64°15'38"S   62°2'47"W
This article was last modified 8 years ago