Laplace Island (Antarctica)

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Laplace Island
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Laplace Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°47′S141°28′E / 66.783°S 141.467°E / -66.783; 141.467 Coordinates: 66°47′S141°28′E / 66.783°S 141.467°E / -66.783; 141.467
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
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PopulationUninhabited

Laplace Island is a small rocky island 0.6 kilometres (0.3 nmi) west-northwest of La Conchée and 1.4 kilometres (0.75 nmi) north of Cape Mousse, Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Pierre-Simon Laplace, the French astronomer and mathematician. [1]

La Conchée island in Antarctica

La Conchée is a rocky island 0.5 kilometres (0.25 nmi) long lying between Pascal Island and Monge Island, 1.3 kilometres (0.7 nmi) northeast of Cape Mousse, Adélie Coast, Antarctica. It was charted in 1950 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named after the Fort de la Conchée, one of the forts guarding the approaches to Saint-Malo, France.

Cape Mousse is a small rocky cape, fringed by many small islands and backed by moraine close to the south, protruding through the coastal icecap 4.6 kilometres (2.5 nmi) southwest of Cape Decouverte. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and so named by them because several patches of lichens were found on the exposed rocky surfaces. "Mousse" is French for moss.

Pierre-Simon Laplace French mathematician and astronomer

Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace was a French scholar whose work was important to the development of engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy. He summarized and extended the work of his predecessors in his five-volume Mécanique Céleste (1799–1825). This work translated the geometric study of classical mechanics to one based on calculus, opening up a broader range of problems. In statistics, the Bayesian interpretation of probability was developed mainly by Laplace.

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  1. "Laplace Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2013-05-31.

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