Cholet Island is a small island immediately north of the narrow peninsula which forms the western extremity of
Booth Island
Booth Island (or Wandel Island) is a rugged, Y-shaped island, long and rising to off the northwest coast of Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica in the northeastern part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. The narrow passage between the island a ...
, in the
Wilhelm Archipelago. It was discovered by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
First expedition
In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fable ...
, under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for Ernest Cholet, skipper of the ship ''Français'', and later, the
''Pourquoi-Pas?''.
[
Maignan Point marks the northeast end of Cholet Island and the west side of the entrance to ]Port Charcot
Booth Island (or Wandel Island) is a rugged, Y-shaped island, long and rising to off the northwest coast of Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica in the northeastern part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. The narrow passage between the island an ...
, lying close off the northwest part of Booth Island. It was named by Charcot for F. Maignan, a seaman of the ''Francais''.[
Rozo Point marks the northwest end of Cholet Island. It was named by Charcot for M. Rozo, the cook on the ''Français''.][ Libois Bay is a cove on the west side of Cholet Island which is entered between Rozo Point and Paumelle Point, the northwest end of Booth Island. It was named by Charcot for F. Libois, second mechanic and carpenter on the ''Français''.]
See also
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
*
Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago
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