Gouverneur Island

for similarly named places see Governors Island (disambiguation)

Gouverneur Island

Gouverneur Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°40′S 139°57′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Gouverneur Island is a low rocky island 2.2 kilometres (1.2 nmi) west-southwest of Petrel Island and 4.4 kilometres (2.4 nmi) east of Cape Géodésie in the southern part of the Géologie Archipelago, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition under André F. Liotard, 1949–51. Liotard was the first man to encamp on the island and, as leader of the Expedition, also held the honorary post of governor.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Gouverneur Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.