Lahille Island
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Lahille Island is an island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Nunez Point
Nunez Point
Nunez Point is a point forming the west extremity of Takaki Promontory on Barison Peninsula on Graham Coast, Graham Land, in Nunez Point is a point forming the west extremity of [[Takaki Promontory]] on [[Barison Peninsula]] on [[Graham Coast]], [[Graham Land]], in Nunez Point is a point forming...

 off the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....

, 1903–05, and charted as a point on the coast which Charcot named after Fernando Lahille (1861–1940) Argentine naturalist. Charcot's French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, determined the insularity of the feature.
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