Lagrange Island

Lagrange Island is a small rocky island 0.7 kilometres (0.4 nmi) northeast of Newton Island and 3 kilometres (1.5 nmi) north of Cape Mousse, Adélie Coast, Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named after Joseph-Louis Lagrange, the French mathematician.[1]

Lagrange Island
Lagrange Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°46′S 141°28′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Lagrange Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-24.

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