Auguste Island is a flat-topped

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

less than long, lying northeast of

Two Hummock Island Two Hummock Island is an ice-covered island, long in a north-south direction, conspicuous for its two rocky summits Buache Peak and Modev Peak high, lying southeast of Liège Island and east of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago.

Gerlache Strait Gerlache Strait or de Gerlache Strait or Détroit de la Belgica is a Channel (geography), channel/strait separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula. The Belgian Antarctic Expedition, under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, explored the ...

. It was discovered by the

Belgian Antarctic Expedition The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the firs ...

(1897–99) under Lieutenant

Adrien de Gerlache Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (; 2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99. Early years Born in Hasselt in eastern Belgium as t ...

, and named by him for his father.Auguste Island: Antarctica
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* Islands of Graham Land Danco Coast {{DancoCoast-geo-stub

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