Jenny Island

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Jenny Island
Jenny Island (large island in the background) as seen from Rothera station
The Jenny Island (Big Island in the background) from the Rothera Station seen from
Waters Marguerite Bay
Geographical location 67 ° 43 '59 "  S , 68 ° 22' 59"  W Coordinates: 67 ° 43 '59 "  S , 68 ° 22' 59"  W
Jenny Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Jenny Island
length 3.5 km
width 1.9 km
surface 6 km²
Highest elevation 500  m
Residents uninhabited

The Jenny Island ( French Île Jenny ) is a 3 km long, up to 500  m high and rocky island in the archipelago of the Adelaide and Biscoe Islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 5 km southeast of Cape Alexandra , the southeast tip of Adelaide Island .

It was discovered by participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named it after the first name of the wife of his deputy Maurice Bongrain (1879-1951).

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