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Lavoisier Island

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33: 303: 40: 275: 263: 258:(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 259: 344: 368: 363: 78: 32: 255: 337: 212: 287: 330: 266:, American physiologist who has specialized in the reactions of the human body to cold environments. 232: 142: 216: 318: 8: 153:
is an island 29 km (18 mi) long and 8 km (5 mi) wide, lying between
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is a rock close off the east side of Lavoisier Island,
223:, Norwegian Arctic explorer. To avoid confusion with 355: 260:United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee 338: 235:, French chemist who pioneered the study of 345: 331: 177:, from Watkins Island to the southwest by 276:List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S 39: 356: 173:and Rabot Island to the northeast by 297: 256:Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 211:The island was first charted by the 290:SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer. 13: 14: 380: 301: 38: 31: 242: 219:, and named "Ile Nansen" after 369:Biscoe Islands geography stubs 1: 364:Islands of the Biscoe Islands 281: 317:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 269: 213:French Antarctic Expedition 10: 385: 296: 192:Lavoisier Island is named 254:. Mapped from surveys by 233:Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 185:to the west-southwest by 140: 135: 127: 119: 109: 72: 62: 57: 26: 169:. It is separated from 143:Antarctic Treaty System 141:Administered under the 123:29 km (18 mi) 16:Island in the Antarctic 313:location article is a 217:Jean-Baptiste Charcot 131:8 km (5 mi) 264:Charles E.A. Winslow 90: /  23: 187:Vladigerov Passage 21: 326: 325: 288:Lavoisier Island. 215:, 1903–05, under 148: 147: 94:66.200°S 66.733°W 376: 347: 340: 333: 305: 298: 175:Pendleton Strait 151:Lavoisier Island 105: 104: 102: 101: 100: 99:-66.200; -66.733 95: 91: 88: 87: 86: 83: 46:Lavoisier Island 42: 41: 35: 24: 22:Lavoisier Island 20: 384: 383: 379: 378: 377: 375: 374: 373: 354: 353: 352: 351: 294: 284: 272: 245: 221:Fridtjof Nansen 159:Watkins Islands 98: 96: 92: 89: 84: 81: 79: 77: 76: 53: 52: 51: 50: 49: 48: 47: 43: 17: 12: 11: 5: 382: 372: 371: 366: 350: 349: 342: 335: 327: 324: 323: 311:Biscoe Islands 306: 292: 291: 283: 280: 279: 278: 271: 268: 252:Biscoe Islands 244: 241: 229:Wilhelmina Bay 163:Biscoe Islands 146: 145: 138: 137: 136:Administration 133: 132: 129: 125: 124: 121: 117: 116: 114:Biscoe Islands 111: 107: 106: 74: 70: 69: 64: 60: 59: 55: 54: 45: 44: 37: 36: 30: 29: 28: 27: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 381: 370: 367: 365: 362: 361: 359: 348: 343: 341: 336: 334: 329: 328: 322: 320: 316: 312: 307: 304: 300: 299: 295: 289: 286: 285: 277: 274: 273: 267: 265: 262:(UK-APC) for 261: 257: 253: 249: 240: 238: 234: 230: 226: 225:Nansen Island 222: 218: 214: 209: 207: 203: 199: 195: 190: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 171:Renaud Island 168: 164: 160: 156: 152: 144: 139: 134: 130: 126: 122: 118: 115: 112: 108: 103: 75: 71: 68: 65: 61: 56: 34: 25: 19: 319:expanding it 308: 293: 248:Winslow Rock 247: 246: 243:Winslow Rock 210: 201: 194:Isla Serrano 193: 191: 183:Krogh Island 150: 149: 18: 181:, and from 179:Lewis Sound 110:Archipelago 97: / 73:Coordinates 358:Categories 282:References 237:metabolism 227:(q.v.) in 202:isla Mitre 167:Antarctica 67:Antarctica 206:Argentina 58:Geography 270:See also 63:Location 161:in the 85:66°44′W 82:66°12′S 120:Length 309:This 198:Chile 155:Rabot 128:Width 315:stub 200:and 157:and 204:by 196:by 360:: 239:. 208:. 189:. 165:, 346:e 339:t 332:v 321:.

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Lavoisier Island is located in Antarctica
Antarctica
66°12′S 66°44′W / 66.200°S 66.733°W / -66.200; -66.733
Biscoe Islands
Antarctic Treaty System
Rabot
Watkins Islands
Biscoe Islands
Antarctica
Renaud Island
Pendleton Strait
Lewis Sound
Krogh Island
Vladigerov Passage
Chile
Argentina
French Antarctic Expedition
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Fridtjof Nansen
Nansen Island
Wilhelmina Bay
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
metabolism
Biscoe Islands
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
Charles E.A. Winslow
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
Lavoisier Island.
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