Marie Island

Marie Island

Location of Stresher Peninsula on Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula
Marie Island Location in Antarctica Marie Island Marie Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°7′S 65°45′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Marie Island is an island 4 km (2 nmi) long, which lies immediately north of Cape Evensen on the northwest coast of Stresher Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. The name "Pointe Marie," after the elder sister of Dr. Jean-Baptiste Charcot, was applied by the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1903–05) to a point on the coast close north of Cape Evensen. After the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–10) Charcot re-applied the name to the southern tip of an island, "Ile Waldeck-Rousseau," in approximately the same latitude. Correlating its survey with those of Charcot, the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–37) identified "Ile Waldeck-Rousseau" as Waldeck-Rousseau Peak on the mainland. The most prominent feature near the peak requiring a name is this island, and the name "Marie Island" preserves Charcot's naming in the locality.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

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