Pascal Island
Pascal Island in the Antarctic is a small rocky island 0.37 kilometres east-southeast of Descartes Island and 1.9 kilometres northeast of Cape Mousse. Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Blaise Pascal, French physician and philosopher.- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Pascal, Ile”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Martin.
Port Martin
Locality
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. Port Martin is situated 6 km southwest of Pascal Island.
Pascal Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pascal Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pascal Island”
- Chinese: “帕斯卡島”
- Dutch: “Pascal Island”
- German: “Île Pascal”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île Pascal”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pascal Island”
- Swedish: “Île Pascal”
- Swedish: “Pascal Island”
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