Fourier Island should not be confused with Fournier Island.
Fourier Island | |
Map: | Antarctica |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -66.8°N 171°W |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Fourier Island is a small rocky island 0.05-2NaN-2 off the coast and 0.751NaN1 east-northeast of Cape Mousse, Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Jean-Baptiste Fourier, the French geometrician.