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Lavoisier Island is an island 29 km (18 mi) long and 8 km (5 mi) wide, lying between Rabot and Watkins Islands in the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica. It is separated from Renaud Island and Rabot Island to the northeast by Pendleton Strait, from Watkins Island to the southwest by Lewis Sound, and from Krogh Island to the west-southwest by Vladigerov Passage.

Lavoisier Island

Lavoisier Island
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°12′S 66°44′W
Archipelago	Biscoe Islands
Length	29 km (18 mi)
Width	8 km (5 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Lavoisier Island is named Isla Serrano by Chile and isla Mitre by Argentina.

The island was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named "Ile Nansen" after Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer. To avoid confusion with Nansen Island (q.v.) in Wilhelmina Bay, the UK-APC recommended in 1960 that the island be renamed for Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, French chemist who pioneered the study of metabolism.

Winslow Rock

Winslow Rock is a rock close off the east side of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59). There is a small penguin rookery on this rock, which provides the only known landing place on the east side of Lavoisier Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Charles E.A. Winslow, American physiologist who has specialized in the reactions of the human body to cold environments.

See also

• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S

References

• Lavoisier Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

На других языках

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[de] Lavoisier-Insel

Die Lavoisier-Insel (englisch Lavoisier Island, in Argentinien Isla Mitre, in Chile Isla Serrano) ist eine 28 km lange und bis zu 8 km breite Insel westlich des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie gehört zu den Biscoe-Inseln und liegt zwischen der Rabot-Insel und der Watkins-Insel. Von der Loubet- und der Graham-Küste trennt sie der Crystal Sound, von der nördlich liegenden Renaud-Insel die Pendleton Strait.

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- [en] Lavoisier Island

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[fr] Île Lavoisier

L'île Lavoisier est une île de la péninsule Antarctique. Elle a été découverte en 1905 par Jean-Baptiste Charcot lors de son expédition en Antarctique. Elle est appelée isla Serrano par le Chili et isla Mitre par l'Argentine.

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