Renaud Island
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Renaud Island | |
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Location: | -65.667 -66 |
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Population: | Uninhabited |
Renaud Island is an ice-covered island, lying between the Pitt Islands and Rabot Island amongst the Biscoe Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory.
Renaud is 25 miles long and from four to ten miles wide. It is separated from Pitt Islands to the northeast by Mraka Sound, and from Lavoisier Island to the southwest by Pendleton Strait.
Coordinates: 65°40′S 66°00′W / 65.667°S 66°W
Discovery
The island was first charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.