Lahille Island
| Lahille Island | ||
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| Waters | Leroux Bay | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 32 ′ 38 ″ S , 64 ° 22 ′ 4 ″ W | |
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| length | 5 km | |
| Highest elevation |
Lahille Peak 650 m |
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The Lahille Island ( French Île Lahille ) is a 5 km long island off the Graham coast of the West Antarctic Graham Land . It is located 3 km west of Nuñez Point in the entrance to Leroux Bay .
It was discovered during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot , who erroneously named it Cap Lahille . He cleared up this mistake during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910). It is named after the Argentinean ichthyologist Fernando Lahille (1861–1940) , who came from France .
Web links
- Lahille Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lahille Island on geographic.org (English)