Pléneau Island

Pléneau Island (65°6′S 64°3′W) 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.

  • Kayakers around Pléneau Island
    Kayakers around Pléneau Island
  • Gentoo penguin on Pléneau Island
    Gentoo penguin on Pléneau Island
  • Gentoo penguin and chicks on Pléneau Island
    Gentoo penguin and chicks on Pléneau Island
  • Gentoo penguin colony on Pléneau Island
    Gentoo penguin colony on Pléneau Island
  • Scientist counts Gentoo penguins on Pléneau Island
    Scientist counts Gentoo penguins on Pléneau Island
  • Pléneau Island
    Pléneau Island

Tourists visit Pléneau Island

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References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Pléneau Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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