Renaud Island

Renaud Island
	Location of Biscoe Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°40′S 66°00′W / 65.667°S 66.000°WCoordinates: 65°40′S 66°00′W / 65.667°S 66.000°W
Archipelago	Biscoe Islands
Area	440 km2 (170 sq mi)
Length	40 km (25 mi)
Width	11 km (6.8 mi)
Administration
	Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Renaud Island is an ice-covered island, 40 km (25 mi) long and from 6.4 to 16.1 km (4 to 10 mi) (average 11.3 km (7 mi)) wide, lying between the Pitt Islands and Rabot Island in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It is separated from Pitt Islands to the northeast by Mraka Sound, and from Lavoisier Island to the southwest by Pendleton Strait. Zubov Bay is a 2.5 mile bay that indents the east side of the island.

Discovery

The island was first charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.

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