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Descartes Island (Antarctica)
Descartes
Island
is a
rocky
island
long,
midway
between
Lagrange Island
and
La Conchee
and
north-northeast
of
Cape Mousse
. It was charted in
1951
by the
French Antarctic Expedition
and named after
René Descartes
, the
French
mathematician
and
philosopher
.