Goudier Island
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Goudier Island is a small island
with an appearance of bare, polished rock, lying 0.05 nautical miles (0.1 km) north of Jougla Point
in the harbor of Port Lockroy
, Wiencke Island
, in the Palmer Archipelago
. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition
, 1903–05, under Charcot, and named after E. Goudier, chief engineer of the expedition ship Francais.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
with an appearance of bare, polished rock, lying 0.05 nautical miles (0.1 km) north of Jougla Point
Jougla Point
Jougla Point is a point forming the west side of the entrance to Alice Creek in Port Lockroy, lying on the west side of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Charcot, who considered it to be a peninsula. Because of its...
in the harbor of Port Lockroy
Port Lockroy
Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on the Antarctic Peninsula of the British Antarctic Territory. After its discovery in 1904 by the French Antarctic Expedition it was used for whaling between 1911 and 1931 and British military operations during World War II and then continued to operate as a...
, Wiencke Island
Wiencke Island
Wiencke Island is an island long and from wide, about in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
, in the Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
, 1903–05, under Charcot, and named after E. Goudier, chief engineer of the expedition ship Francais.