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Casabianca Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Island group
  
Palmer Archipelago

Population
  
Uninhabited

Casabianca Island

Casabianca Island is a low, rocky island lying in Neumayer Channel 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) northeast of Damoy Point, Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1903–05, who named it for Monsieur Casabianca, then French Administrator of Naval Enlistment.

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Casabianca Island Wikipedia