Fourier Island
Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
66°48′S 141°30′E / 66.800°S 141.500°E / -66.800; 141.500
Fourier Island is a small rocky island 100 metres (0.05 nmi) off the coast and 1.4 kilometres (0.75 nmi) east-northeast of Cape Mousse, Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Jean-Baptiste Fourier, the French geometrician.[1]
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References
- ^ "Fourier Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Fourier Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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