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Léonie Island

Léonie Island

Island in Antarctica

Léonie Island is the largest and westernmost of the Léonie Islands, 2 kilometres (1 nmi) in diameter and 455 metres (1,500 ft) high, lying in the entrance to Ryder Bay along the southeast side of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.[1]

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    "Léonie Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 11 June 2013.

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