Roux Island
| Roux Island | ||
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| Waters | Lallemand Fjord | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 54 '26 " S , 66 ° 58' 10" W | |
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| length | 3.45 km | |
| width | 2.83 km | |
| surface | 7 km² | |
The Roux Island ( French Île Charles-Roux ) is an island off the Loubet coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located about 800 m north of the Arrowsmith Peninsula at the western entrance to Lallemand Fjord .
It was discovered during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcot , who named it after the French entrepreneur and politician Jules Charles-Roux (1841-1918).
Web links
- Roux Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Roux Island on geographic.org (English)