Rabot Island
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Rabot Island is an island 5 miles (8 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, lying 1 miles (1.6 km) south of Renaud Island
in the Biscoe Islands
. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition
, 1903-05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for Charles Rabot
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Originally discovered by John Biscoe
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Renaud Island
Renaud Island is an ice-covered island, long and from wide, lying between the Pitt Islands and Rabot Island in the Biscoe Islands.- Discovery :...
in the Biscoe Islands
Biscoe Islands
Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Rabot, Lavoisier and Watkins, lying parallel to the W coast of Graham Land and extending some in a NE–SW direction...
. First charted 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 Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for Charles Rabot
Charles Rabot
Charles Rabot was a French geographer, glaciologist, traveler, journalist, lecturer, translator, and explorer. He was also the first person to climb Kebnekaise, the tallest mountain in Sweden, which he accomplished in 1883.He led his first expedition to Spitsbergen in 1882 on the ship Petit Paris...
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Originally discovered by John Biscoe
John Biscoe
John Biscoe was an English mariner and explorer who commanded the first expedition known to have sighted the areas named Enderby Land and Graham Land along the coast of Antarctica...
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See also
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S