5-592: Millerand Island is a high rugged island 6 km (3 nmi) in diameter, lying 7 km (4 nmi) south of Cape Calmette , off the west coast of Graham Land . It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under Jean-Baptiste Charcot , who thought that it was a cape of the mainland and named it as such after Alexandre Millerand , French statesman . Refuge 17 de Agosto 68°07′53″S 67°10′16″W / 68.131254°S 67.171031°W / -68.131254; -67.171031
10-453: A capacity to accommodate four people, enough food for two weeks, fuel, gas and first aid kit. The island was mapped geologically in 1958 and 1959 by Keith Hoskins, a British geologist based on nearby Stonington Island. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Millerand Island" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This Fallières Coast location article
15-437: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cape Calmette Cape Calmette ( 68°4′S 67°13′W / 68.067°S 67.217°W / -68.067; -67.217 ) is a cape marking the western extremity of a rocky peninsula which rises more than 625 metres (2,050 ft) and projects from the west coast of Graham Land for 3 nautical miles (6 km) to form the southern shore of Calmette Bay . It
20-738: Is an Antarctic refuge located in the north east of the Millerand Island in the Marguerite Bay , on the Fallières Coast . It is operated by the Argentine Army and was inaugurated on 17 August 1957. It depends on the San Martín base, which is five kilometres away on the Barry Island . The refuge consists of a red hut, used by the personnel employed in the missions carried out in the area, and has
25-549: Was discovered in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot , who from a distance mistook this cape for an island; the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill , 1934–1937, determined the true nature of the feature. It was named by Charcot for Gaston Calmette , editor of Le Figaro , who furnished the French Antarctic Expedition with copies of this newspaper for
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