Duchaylard Island
| Duchaylard Island | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 42 ′ 51 ″ S , 65 ° 7 ′ 2 ″ W | |
|
||
| length | 4.5 km | |
| width | 2.5 km | |
| Highest elevation | 556 m | |
The Duchaylard Island ( French Île Duchaylard ) is a 4.5 km long, 2.5 km wide and up to 556 m high island off the Graham coast of Grahamland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1.5 km southeast of the Vieugué Island and 16 km west of Cape García in the Grandidier Canal .
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 the French diplomat Jean Marie Guy Georges du Chaylard (1844-1923), General Representative of France in Montevideo , who helped Charcot's research trip on site.
Web links
- Duchaylard Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Duchaylard Island on geographic.org (English)