Charcot Island

Charcot Island or Charcot Land is an island administered under the Antarctic Treaty System, 56 kilometres (30 nmi) long and 46 kilometres (25 nmi) wide, which is ice covered except for prominent mountains overlooking the north coast.A notable landmark of the island is its northernmost point, Cape Byrd.He did so with the stated intention of honoring his father, Jean-Martin Charcot, a famous French physician.[1] The insularity of Charcot Land was proved by Sir Hubert Wilkins, who flew around it on 29 December 1929.The ice bridge collapsed rapidly, turning into hundreds of icebergs.
Charcot LandGreyscaleAntarctic PeninsulaAntarcticaAntarctic Treaty SystemBellingshausen SeaAlexander IslandLatady IslandCape ByrdJean-Baptiste CharcotJean-Martin CharcotHubert WilkinsWilkins Ice ShelfComposite Antarctic GazetteerList of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islandsTerritorial claims in AntarcticaGeographic Names Information SystemUnited States Geological SurveyWest AntarcticaGraham LandPalmer LandEllsworth LandEnglish CoastBryan CoastEights CoastKing Edward VII LandShirase CoastMarie Byrd LandWalgreen CoastBakutis CoastHobbs CoastRuppert CoastSaunders CoastQueen Elizabeth LandAbbot Ice ShelfFilchner–Ronne Ice ShelfGetz Ice ShelfLarsen Ice ShelfRoss Ice ShelfSulzberger Ice ShelfAmundsen SeaDean IslandGrant IslandSiple IslandAdelaide IslandRothschild IslandSherman IslandSmyley IslandSpaatz IslandThurston IslandRoss SeaRoss IslandScotia SeaSouthern OceanAnvers IslandBrabant IslandCoronation IslandD'Urville IslandElephant IslandJoinville IslandKing George IslandLivingston IslandRenaud IslandWeddell SeaJames Ross IslandHearst Island