Back Lecointe Island CEB Lecointe Island German לקוואנט (אי) HE Lecointe Island NN Lecointe Island Swedish 勒庫安特島 Chinese
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 Location of Lecointe Island | |
  Lecointe Island Location in Antarctica  Lecointe Island Lecointe Island (Antarctica) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 64°14′38.93″S 62°3′10.23″W / 64.2441472°S 62.0528417°W |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
| Length | 7.27 km (4.517 mi) |
| Width | 2.2 km (1.37 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 700 m (2300 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Lecointe Island is an elongated island, 7.27 km (4.52 mi) long between Cape Kaiser and Hvarchil Point, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) wide and 700 m (2,300 ft) high, separated from the east coast of Brabant Island by Pampa Passage, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.[1]
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, 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.