Ile Fourier
| Ile Fourier | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 47 ′ S , 141 ° 29 ′ E | |
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The Île Fourier , also known as Fourier Island , is a small and rocky island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located 1.2 km east-northeast of Cape Mousse . They separate 90 m from the mainland.
Participants in a French Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1950 to 1951 named the island after the French mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier (1768-1830).
Web links
- Fourier Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fourier Island on geographic.org (English)