Pasteur Island
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 66°37′S 140°6′E / 66.617°S 140.100°ECoordinates: 66°37′S 140°6′E / 66.617°S 140.100°E |
| Administration | |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Pasteur Island is a small rocky island at the southeast end of the Dumoulin Islands, close north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949-51. Named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1951–52, for Louis Pasteur, famous French chemist who made notable contributions to medical science.
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