Doumer Island

Doumer Island
Doumer Island
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 64°51′S 63°35′W / 64.85°S 63.583°W / -64.85; -63.583
Archipelago Palmer Archipelago
Length 4.5 mi (7.2 km)
Width 2 mi (3 km)
Highest elevation 515 m (1,690 ft)
Country
Demographics
Population 0
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Doumer Island (64°51′S 63°35′W / 64.85°S 63.583°W / -64.85; -63.583) is an island 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) 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. First seen by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache. It was resighted and charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Charcot, who named it for Paul Doumer, President of the Chamber of Deputies and later President of France.

Chile has a summer-only research station there, called Yelcho, administrated by the Chilean Antarctic Institute.[citation needed]

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