Fournier Island is a small island in the southern Schollaert Channel, lying 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) off the eastern extremity of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The island was charted but left unnamed by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05. The name appears on Argentine charts dating back to 1950, and honors the ship Fournier which took part in the Argentine Antarctic Expedition of 1947. In 1948 the vessel was wrecked in the Strait of Magellan.[1]

Fournier Island
Fournier Island is located in Antarctica
Fournier Island
Fournier Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°33′S 62°49′W / 64.550°S 62.817°W / -64.550; -62.817
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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References

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  1. ^ "Fournier Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

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