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Laplace Island (Antarctica)

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Location
  
Antarctica

Population
  
Uninhabited

Laplace Island (Antarctica)

Laplace Island is a small rocky island 0.6 kilometres (0.3 nmi) west-northwest of La Conchée and 1.4 kilometres (0.75 nmi) north of Cape Mousse, Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Pierre-Simon Laplace, the French astronomer and mathematician.

Map of Laplace Island, Antarctica

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Laplace Island (Antarctica) Wikipedia