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Pourquoi Pas Island
Pourquoi Pas Island
is a mountainous
island
, long and from wide, lying between
Bigourdan Fjord
and
Bourgeois Fjord
off the west coast of
Graham Land
. It was discovered by the
French Antarctic Expedition
under
Charcot
, 1908-10. The island was charted more accurately by the
British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) under
John Rymill
, 1934–37, who named it for
Charcot
's expedition ship, the
Pourquoi-Pas ?
.
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