Millerand Island
| Millerand Island | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 67 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| length | 6.4 km | |
| width | 4.8 km | |
| Highest elevation | 969 m | |
The Millerand Island is a rugged, towering island of about 4.5 km in diameter, approximately 6.5 km south of Cape Calmette before Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula is located. It reaches a height of 969 meters.
It was discovered during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcot , who presumably named it after the French politician Alexandre Millerand (1859-1943).
Web links
- Millerand Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Millerand Island on geographic.org (English)