Manoury Island
| Manoury Island | ||
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| Waters | Schollaert Canal | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 27 ′ S , 62 ° 50 ′ W | |
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The Manoury Island ( French Îlot Manoury ) is an island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . At the northern end of the Schollaert Canal , it is 2.5 km south of Gand Island .
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped them. Charcot named it after Georges Manoury, the secretary of the expedition.
Web links
- Manoury Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Manoury Island on geographic.org (English)