Pourquoi Pas Island

Pourquoi Pas Island

View of Pourquoi Pas Island from Horseshoe Island
Pourquoi Pas Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°41′S 67°28′W / 67.683°S 67.467°W / -67.683; -67.467Coordinates: 67°41′S 67°28′W / 67.683°S 67.467°W / -67.683; -67.467
Length	27 km (16.8 mi)
Width	13 km (8.1 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Pourquoi Pas Island is a mountainous island, 27 km (17 mi) long and from 8 to 18 km (5 to 11 mi) wide, lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10. The island was charted more accurately by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Rymill, 1934–37, who named it for Charcot's expedition ship, the Pourquoi-Pas ?.

See also[]

• Black Pass
• Conseil Hill
• Quilp Rock an isolated rock 2.4 kilometres (1.3 nmi) off the northwest side of Pourquoi Pas Island
• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• Mount Arronax
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Pourquoi Pas Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 

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