Lagotellerie Island
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Lagotellerie Island is an island
1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Horseshoe Island
in Marguerite Bay
, off the west coast of Graham Land
. It was discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition
under Charcot, 1908-10.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Horseshoe Island
Horseshoe Island (Antarctica)
Horseshoe Island is an island 6.5 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide occupying most of the entrance to Square Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill who mapped this area by land and from the air in 1936-37...
in Marguerite Bay
Marguerite Bay
Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. The mainland coast on the Antarctic Peninsula is Fallières Coast. Islands...
, off the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. It was discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
under Charcot, 1908-10.