Casabianca Island
| Casabianca Island | ||
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| Waters | Neumayer Canal | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 49 ′ S , 63 ° 31 ′ W | |
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The Casabianca Island ( French Îlot Casabianca ) is a low and rocky island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in the Neumayer Canal 800 m northeast of Damoy Point on Wiencke Island .
They were discovered by participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named it after a French official from the Naval Vessel Register .
Web links
- Casabianca Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Casabianca Island on geographic.org (English)