Vieugué Island
| Vieugué Island | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Archipelago | Biscoe Islands ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 40 ′ 6 ″ S , 65 ° 12 ′ 52 ″ W | |
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| length | 5 km | |
The Vieugué Island ( French Île Vieugué ) is a 5 km long island in the archipelago of the Biscoe Islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1.5 km northwest of Duchaylard Island and 17.5 km west-northwest of Cape García on the west side of the Grandidier Canal .
They were discovered by participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named it after the French diplomat Paul Antoine Charles Vieugué, former charge d'affaires in Buenos Aires .
Web links
- Vieugué Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vieugué Island on geographic.org (English)