Léonie Island
| Léonie Island | ||
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| Waters | Ryder Bay | |
| Archipelago | Léonie Islands , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 36 ′ S , 68 ° 21 ′ W | |
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The Léonie Island ( French Île Leonie ) is the largest and the westernmost of the Léonie Islands in the entrance to Ryder Bay on the southeast coast of the Adelaide Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It measures 1.5 km in diameter and rises up to 455 m high.
The island was discovered and named during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of the polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . The namesake is unknown.
Web links
- Léonie Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Léonie Island on geographic.org (English)