Jenny Island
Jenny Island | ||
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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 | |
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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).
Web links
- Jenny Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jenny Island on geographic.org (English)