Piñero Island
| Piñero Island | ||
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| Waters | Laubeuf Fjord | |
| Archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 33 ′ 45 ″ S , 67 ° 49 ′ 1 ″ W | |
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| length | 3 km | |
| width | 800 m | |
The Piñero Island ( French Île Piniero [sic!]) Is a 3 km long and 800 m wide island off the Loubet coast of Graham Land in the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 7 km northwest of the Pourquoi-Pas Island .
It was discovered by participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named it after the Argentine MP Antonio F. Piñero (1855-1921), who was able to persuade the Argentine government under President Roque Sáenz Peña to fully support the research trip.
Web links
- Piñero Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Piñero Island on geographic.org (English)