Houle Island

Houle Island

Houle Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°42′S 141°12′E / 66.700°S 141.200°E / -66.700; 141.200
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Houle Island is a low rocky island 2 kilometres (1 nmi) west of Ressac Island and about 6 kilometres (3.5 nmi) north-northeast of Zelee Glacier Tongue, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and so named by them because the surf breaks over this low-lying island. "Houle" is a French word for surge or swell.^[1]

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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