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Thiébault Island
Thiébault Island is located in Antarctica
Thiébault Island
Thiébault Island
Location in Antarctica
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 65°11′S 64°11′W / 65.183°S 64.183°W / -65.183; -64.183
Archipelago Wilhelm Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Thiébault Island is a small island which lies next west of Charlat Island in the small group off the south end of Petermann Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1908–10, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Mr. Thiébault, then French Minister to Argentina.

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