Priest Island
Goetschy Island is a low rocky island lying near the middle of Peltier Channel in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was first charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stokes Hill and Goudier Island.
Stokes Hill
Peak
Stokes Hill is a small but prominent rocky peak, 270 m, lying 1 nautical mile southeast of Doumer Hill on Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–05.
Goudier Island
Islet
Photo: *christopher*, CC BY 2.0.
Goudier Island is a small island with an appearance of bare, polished rock, lying 0.05 nautical miles north of Jougla Point in the harbour of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Goudier Island is situated 4 km north of Priest Island.
Janssen Peak
Peak
Janssen Peak is a conspicuous peak, 1,085 metres high, forming the southwestern end of the Sierra DuFief in the southwestern part of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Janssen Peak is situated 3 km south of Priest Island.
Priest Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Goetschy Island”
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Priest Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Priest”
- Chinese: “格奇島”
- Dutch: “Goetschy Island”
- German: “Goetschy-Insel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Goetschy Island”
- Spanish: “Grillete, islote”
- Spanish: “Priest, Islote”
- Swedish: “Goetschy Island”
- Swedish: “Priest”
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