Manchot Island is a rocky island lying in the entrance to
Port Martin
Port Martin, or Port-Martin, is an abandoned French research base at Cape Margerie on the coast of Adélie Land, Antarctica, as well as the name of the adjacent anchorage.
History
The site was discovered in 1950 by the French Antarctic Expedition ...
, Antarctica. It is west of
Bizeux Rock and north of
Cape Margerie
Cape Margerie () is a low, ice-covered cape in Antarctica, marked by prominent rock outcrops at its northern end, lying midway between Cape Mousse and Lacroix Nunatak and bounded on the north by numerous rocky islands. It was charted by the Austr ...
. The island was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy
Operation Highjump
Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...
, 1946–47, and was charted by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51. It was so named by the French expedition because a large
Adélie penguin
The Adélie penguin (''Pygoscelis adeliae'') is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is the only place where it is found. It is the most widespread penguin species, and, along with the emperor p ...
rookery was located on the island, and "manchot" is a French word for penguin.
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See also
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
Islands of Adélie Land
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