Pléneau Island

Tourists visit Pléneau Island

Pléneau Island (65°6′S 64°3′W / 65.100°S 64.050°W / -65.100; -64.050Coordinates: 65°6′S 64°3′W / 65.100°S 64.050°W / -65.100; -64.050) is an island, 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) long, lying just northeast of Hovgaard Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted as a peninsula of Hovgaard Island by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under J.B. Charcot, who named its northeast point for Paul Pléneau, photographer of the expedition. The feature was first shown to be an island on an Argentine government chart of 1957.

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  Tourist with Gentoo penguins on Pléneau Island
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  Kayakers around Pléneau Island
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  Gentoo penguin on Pléneau Island
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  Gentoo penguin and chicks on Pléneau Island
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  Gentoo penguin colony on Pléneau Island
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  Kayaker photographs Gentoo penguins on Pléneau Island
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  Scientist counts Gentoo penguins on Pléneau Island
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  Pléneau Island

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Pléneau Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Further reading

• Antarctic Treaty Visitor Site Guide for Pléneau Island.