Marguerite Island
Marguerite Island is a rocky island 1.3 kilometres northwest of Empereur Island and 3.2 kilometres north-northwest of Cape Margerie, Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Marguerite, a character in Goethe's Faust.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island off Cape Margerie, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Marguerite, 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 3½ km south of Marguerite Island.
Marguerite Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Marguerite Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Marguerite”
- Chinese: “瑪格麗特島”
- Dutch: “Marguerite Island”
- German: “Île Marguerite”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île Marguerite”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marguerite Island”
- Polish: “Marguerite (wyspa)”
- Polish: “Marguerite”
- Swedish: “Île Marguerite”
- Swedish: “Marguerite”
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