Larrouy Island | |
Map: | Antarctica |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -65.8667°N -80°W |
Elevation M: | 175 |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Larrouy Island is an island 50NaN0 long and 20NaN0 wide which rises to 745m (2,444feet), (the Peak Pilot[1]) lying in Grandidier Channel off the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula 40NaN0 north of Ferin Head, Antarctica. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for Paul Augustin Jean Larrouy, at that time a French Minister Plenipotentiary.