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Feature Name (see definition): Lavoisier Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 8602 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 12' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 066° 44' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.2 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.7333333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962 Description (see definition): Island 18 mi long and 5 mi wide, lying between Rabot and Watkins Islands in the Biscoe Islands. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1903-05, under Charcot, and named "Ile Nansen" after Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer. To avoid confusion with Nansen Island (q.v.) in Wilhelmina Bay, the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) recommended in 1960 that the island be renamed for Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, French chemist who pioneered the study of metabolism. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Lavoisier Island in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lavoisier Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lavoisier Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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