Larrouy Island
| Larrouy Island | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 52 ′ S , 65 ° 15 ′ W | |
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| length | 8 kilometers | |
| width | 3 km | |
| Highest elevation |
Pilot Peak 745 m |
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The Larrouy Island ( French Île Larrouy ) is an 8 km long, 3 km wide and up to 745 m high island off the Graham coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in the Grandidier Canal at a distance of 4 miles north of Ferin Head .
The island was discovered during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named it after the French linguist and consul Paul-Augustin-Jean Larrouy (1847–1906), who at the time was authorized representative of the French government in Argentina, who had supported the research trip.
Web links
- Larrouy Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Larrouy Island on geographic.org (English)