Cape Leblond

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Cape Leblond ( 66°4′S66°36′W / 66.067°S 66.600°W / -66.067; -66.600 Coordinates: 66°4′S66°36′W / 66.067°S 66.600°W / -66.067; -66.600 ) is a cape forming the northern end of Lavoisier Island, in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for the President of the Norman Geographical Society at Rouen. [1]

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Lavoisier Island

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.

Biscoe Islands archipelago

Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Lavoisier, Watkins, Krogh, Pickwick and Rabot, lying parallel to the west coast of Graham Land and extending 150 km (81 nmi) between Southwind Passage on the northeast and Matha Strait on the southwest. Another group of islands are the Adolph Islands.

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