Pourquoi Pas Island

Pourquoi Pas Island

View of Pourquoi Pas Island from Horseshoe Island
Pourquoi Pas Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°41′S 67°28′W / 67.683°S 67.467°W / -67.683; -67.467Coordinates: 67°41′S 67°28′W / 67.683°S 67.467°W / -67.683; -67.467
Length	27 km (16.8 mi)
Width	13 km (8.1 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Pourquoi Pas Island is a mountainous island, 27 km (17 mi) long and from 8 to 18 km (5 to 11 mi) wide, lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. The island was charted more accurately by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Rymill, 1934–37, who named it for Charcot's expedition ship, the Pourquoi-Pas.

See also

• Black Pass
• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• Mount Arronax
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

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