Lavoisier Island
66°10′S 66°41′W
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.
66°10′S 66°41′W
Overview
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 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.
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Nearest islands
- Krogh Island17 km
- Watkins Island27 km
- Belding Island33 km
- Rabot Island44 km
- Dodman Island47 km
- Renaud Island75 km
Also in Biscoe Islands
Renaud Island
493 km²▲ 470 m
Major islands
Watkins Island
33.4 km²▲ 230 m
Major islands
Krogh Island
31.6 km²▲ 253 m
Major islands
Pickwick Island
20 km²▲ 230 m
Minor islands
Rabot Island
19 km²▲ 205 m
Minor islands
Dodman Island
11.9 km²▲ 239 m
Minor islands
Belding Island
10.6 km²▲ 192 m
Minor islands
Vieugué Island
8.1 km²▲ 633 m
Minor islands