Deniau Island
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 27 ′ S , 64 ° 19 ′ W | |
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The Deniau Island ( French Îlot Deniau ) is a small island off the Graham Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is halfway between Darboux Island and the Lippmann Islands group .
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 sponsor of his research trip.
Web links
- Deniau Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Deniau Island on geographic.org (English)