Goetschy Island
| Goetschy Island | ||
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| Waters | Peltier channel | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 52 ′ S , 63 ° 30 ′ W | |
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The Goetschy Island ( French Îlot Goetschy ; in the UK Priest Iceland , English for Holy Isle ) is a low and rocky island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . It is located in the middle of the Peltier Canal .
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped them. Charcot named it after his friend, the French journalist and art critic Gustave Goetschy (1847-1902). The name, which is widespread in the United Kingdom, is named after the geologist and later Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth William Launcelot Scott Fleming (1906–1990), who was the first to set foot on the island during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937).
Web links
- Goetschy Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Goetschy Island on geographic.org (English)