Pascal Island (Antarctica)
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Location in Antarctica
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Pascal Island in the Antarctic is a small rocky island 0.37 kilometres (0.2 nmi) east-southeast of Descartes Island and 1.9 kilometres (1 nmi) northeast of Cape Mousse. Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French physician and philosopher.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Pascal Island (Antarctica)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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