Île Pascal
| Île Pascal | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 47 ′ S , 141 ° 29 ′ E | |
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The Île Pascal , also known as Pascal Island , is a small and rocky island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located 300 m east-southeast of the Île Descartes and 1.5 km northeast of Cape Mousse .
Participants in a French Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1950 to 1951 mapped the island and named it after the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
Web links
- Pascal Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pascal Island on geographic.org (English)