Auguste Island
| Auguste Island | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 3 ′ S , 61 ° 37 ′ W | |
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| length | 1.3 km | |
The Auguste Island ( French Île Auguste ) is an up to 42 m high, flattened and 1.3 km long island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is 4 miles northeast of Hummock Island on the Gerlache Strait .
The island was discovered during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . He named it after his father Théophile Adrien Auguste de Gerlache (1832–1901).
Web links
- Auguste Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Auguste Island on geographic.org (English)