Governor Island
| Governor Island | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Archipelago | Geology archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 40 ′ S , 139 ° 57 ′ E | |
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The Governor Island ( French Île du Gouverneur ) is a low rocky island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located 1.8 m west-southwest of the Pétrel Island and 4 km east of Cape Géodésie in the Géologie archipelago .
Aerial photos of the island were taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). French scientists mapped them during a research expedition lasting from 1949 to 1951. It is named after the fact that expedition leader André Franck Liotard (* 1905), after he was the first to set up camp on this island, held the honorary title of governor .
In the northeast of the island is the Baie des Tempêtes bay .
Web links
- Governor Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Governor Iceland on geographic.org