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{{Short description|Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica}}
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{{Infobox islands
| name             = Lecointe Island
| image_name       = Lecointe Island, Palmer Archipelago, BAT.svg
| image_caption    = Location of Lecointe Island
| pushpin_map      = Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Antarctica
| nickname         = 
| location         = [[Antarctica]]
| coordinates      = {{Coord|64|14|38.93|S|62|3|10.23|W|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago      = [[Palmer Archipelago]]
| total_islands    = 
| major_islands    = 
| area_km2         = 
| length_km        = 7.27
| width_km         = 2.2
| highest_mount    = 
| elevation_m      = 700
| population       = Uninhabited
| population_as_of = 
| density_km2      = 
| ethnic_groups    = 
| country          = None
| treaty_system    = [[Antarctic Treaty System]]
}}
'''Lecointe Island''' is an elongated island, {{convert|7.27|km|mi|abbr=on}} long between [[Cape Kaiser]] and [[Hvarchil Point]], {{convert|2.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} wide and {{convert|700|m|ft|-2|abbr=on}} high, separated from the east coast of [[Brabant Island]] by [[Pampa Passage]], in the [[Palmer Archipelago]], Antarctica.<ref name=gnis/>

The island was first roughly surveyed by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]], 1897–99, which gave the name ''Cape Kaiser'' to its northern extremity. The island was surveyed and photographed by several British expeditions, 1955–58, and was named by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] for [[Georges Lecointe (explorer)|Georges Lecointe]], second-in-command and surveyor of the Belgian expedition which was responsible for the first survey of [[Gerlache Strait]].

It is also known as '''Isla Kaiser''' and '''Isla Alice'''.

==Gallery==
<gallery caption="" widths="700px" heights="200px">
File:Brabant-Island.png|Brabant Island seen from northeast, with the smaller [[Hoseason Island]] and [[Liège Island]]s in the foreground, and [[Anvers Island]] (on the right) and the [[Antarctic Peninsula]] in the background. Lecointe Island lies to the left of Brabant Island, separated by a narrow channel (the [[Pampa Passage]]) of water.

File:North-of-kayak-bay 20241226 101321360.jpg|Lecointe Island from the [[Pampa Passage]] between that island and [[Brabant Island]].

File:North-of-kayak-bay 20241226 104125307.jpg|Lecointe Island from the [[Pampa Passage]] between that island and [[Brabant Island]].
</gallery>

==Maps==
* [http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141209160123/https://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3217 British Antarctic Territory.] Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170703122914/https://data.aad.gov.au/database/mapcat/british/brabant_argentine_is_BAS_map13489.jpg Brabant Island to Argentine Islands.] Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

== See also ==
* [[Composite Antarctic Gazetteer]]
* [[List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands]]
* [[List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands#List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S|List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S]]
* [[Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research|SCAR]]
* [[Territorial claims in Antarctica]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis |type=antarid |id=8648 |name=Lecointe Island |accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:8648 Lecointe Island] on [[USGS]] website
* [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/search_names_action.cfm?search_text=8264&feature_type_code=0&country_id=0&relic_options=include_relics&north=-45.0&south=-90.0&west=-180.0&east=180.0&search_near=&radius=0.5&gazetteers=SCAR Lecointe Island] on [[Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research|SCAR]] website
* [https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=8648&fid=antgeo_113 Lecointe Island area satellite image]
* [https://copernix.io/#?where=-62.16539031225585,-64.28402029082179,12&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Lecointe Island] Copernix satellite image
* [https://mapcarta.com/25619268 Lecointe Island area map]

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[[Category:Islands of the Palmer Archipelago]]


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