Coordinates: 66°26′S 67°20′W

Decazes Island
Decazes Island (66°26′S 67°20′W) is an island 0.8 km (0.5 mi) long, lying 2.4 km (1.5 mi) southwest of
Belding Island at the southwestern extremity of the Biscoe Islands. The island is one of the largest of many
small islets and rocks that fringe the northern side of Matha Strait. The vicinity was charted by the French
Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who applied the name "Pointe Decazes" to the
south end of an island in this approximate position. The original application has been altered in recent years,
and the name Decazes is now established in usage for the entire island described.[1]

See also
List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
1. "Decazes Island" (https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:3646).
Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved
2012-01-06.

This article incorporates public domain material (https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instruction

s/copyrights-and-credits) from the United States Geological Survey document: "Decazes Island" (https://geona
mes.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:3646). (content from the Geographic Names
Information System)

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