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    Doumer Island

    Doumer-Insel, Isla Doumer

    64°51′S 63°34′W

    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.

    Doumer Island, is an island 4.5 miles (7 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, in the Palmer Archipelago. Gentoo Penguins.
    Doumer Island, is an island 4.5 miles (7 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, in the Palmer Archipelago. Gentoo Penguins.

    Butterfly voyages - Serge Ouachée / CC BY-SA 3.0

    Terrain

    64°51′S 63°34′W

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    Overview

    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.

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    Also in Palmer Archipelago

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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