Empereur Island

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Empereur Island (66°48′S, 141°23′E) is a rocky island 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Cape Margerie, lying immediately north of Breton Island in the entrance to Port Martin. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Liotard, 1949-51, and so named because the first emperor penguin captured by the expedition was taken on this island.

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This article incorporates text from Empereur Island, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.

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• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands