Doumer Island

Doumer Island is an island 8.3 km (4.5 nmi) long and 3.7 km (2 nmi) wide, surmounted by a snow-covered pyramidal peak, 515 m (1,690 ft), lying between the south portions of Anvers Island and Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was first seen by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache. It was resighted and charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for Paul Doumer, President of the French Chamber of Deputies and later President of France.

Doumer Island
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Doumer Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°51′S 63°35′W
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Length8.3 km (5.16 mi)
Width3.7 km (2.3 mi)
Highest elevation515 m (1690 ft)
Highest pointDoumer Hill
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Yelcho Station

Chile's summer Yelcho research station, 64°52′33″S 63°35′01″W, administered by the Chilean Antarctic Institute, stands on the southern shore of South Bay.[1]

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