Péage Island
Péage Island is a small rocky island 0.93 kilometres southwest of Cape Découverte. Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for its position, which seems to command access to the Curzon Islands for parties arriving from Port Martin, péage being French for toll booth.- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Peage Island” and “Péage, Ile du”
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 7 km southwest of Péage Island.
Péage Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Péage Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Péage Island”
- Chinese: “佩阿日島”
- Dutch: “Peage Island”
- German: “Île du Péage”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île du Péage”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peage Island”
- Swedish: “Île du Péage”
- Swedish: “Péage Island”
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