Teyssier Island

Teyssier Island (67°36′S 62°54′E / 67.600°S 62.900°E / -67.600; 62.900Coordinates: 67°36′S 62°54′E / 67.600°S 62.900°E / -67.600; 62.900) is an island at the south end of the Jocelyn Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for P. Teyssier, cook at nearby Mawson Station in 1959.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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