Doumer Island

Doumer Island
Image of Doumer Island
Location of Doumer Island
Doumer Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Doumer Island
Doumer Island
Location in Antarctica
Doumer Island is located in Antarctica
Doumer Island
Doumer Island
Doumer Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°51′S 63°35′W / 64.850°S 63.583°W / -64.850; -63.583
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Length8.3 km (5.16 mi)
Width3.7 km (2.3 mi)
Highest elevation515 m (1690 ft)
Highest pointDoumer Hill
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Doumer Island is an island 8.3 km (4.5 nmi) long and 3.7 km (2 nmi) wide, surmounted by a snow-covered pyramidal peak, 515 m (1,690 ft), lying between the south portions of Anvers Island and Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was first seen by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache. It was resighted and charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for Paul Doumer, President of the French Chamber of Deputies and later President of France.