La Balance (Antarctica)
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Waters | Baie Pierre Lejay | |
Archipelago | Geology archipelago | |
Geographical location | 66 ° 41 ′ S , 139 ° 59 ′ E | |
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Residents | uninhabited |
La Balance ( French for Die Waage ) is a low island consisting of two rock slabs in the southwest of the Géologie archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located southeast of Governor Island in the Baie Pierre Lejay .
French scientists named it in 1977 after the zodiac sign Libra .
Web links
- Balance, La in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)