Lecointe Island [SEP] continent
Lecointe Island
Lecointe Island is an elongated island, long between Cape Kaiser and Hvarchil Point, wide and high, separated from the east coast of Brabant Island by Pampa Passage, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
The island was first roughly surveyed by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, which gave the name "Cape Kaiser" to its northern extremity. The island was surveyed and photographed by several British expeditions, 1955–58, and was named by them for Georges Lecointe, second-in-command and surveyor of the
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Silver Medal of the city of Antwerp
Gold Medal of the city of Brussels
Tributes.
Lecointe Island, Mount Lecointe, Lecointe Guyot, Georges Point and the asteroid 3755 Lecointe were named in his honor. The Belgian Navy named two s after him: the M901 "Georges Lecointe" (1950-1959, ex ) and the F901 "Georges Lecointe" (1959-1969, ex ).
Selected works.
- "La navigation astronomique et la navigation estimée." Paris, Berger-