Jenny Island (Marguerite Bay) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Jenny Island or Isla Juanita is a rocky

Rock (geology)

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island

Island

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2 miles (3.2 km) long which rises to 500 m (1,640 ft), lying 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Cape Alexandra

Cape Alexandra

Cape Alexandra is a cape which forms the northwest extremity of South Georgia. It was named Cape North in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook, but this name has since become established for a cape east-northeast which forms the northernmost point of South Georgia...

, the southeastern extremity of Adelaide Island

Adelaide Island

Adelaide Island or Isla Adelaida or Isla Belgrano is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The island lies within the Argentine, British and Chilean Antarctic claims, at .Adelaide Island was...

, in northern Marguerite Bay

Marguerite Bay

Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. The mainland coast on the Antarctic Peninsula is Fallières Coast. Islands...

. Jenny Island is located at 67°44′S 68°24′W. Jenny Island was 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....

(1908-1910) under Jean-Baptiste Charcot and named by him for the wife of Sub-Lieutenant

Sub-Lieutenant

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Maurice Bongrain, French Navy

French Navy

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, second officer

Petty Officer Second Class

Good conductvariation,Petty OfficerSecond Classinsignia&U.S. Coast GuardPetty officer second class is the fifth enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy and U.S...

of the expedition.

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