Lemaire Island (64°49′S 62°57′W / 64.817°S 62.950°W / -64.817; -62.950 (Lemaire Island)) is an island 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) long and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) wide, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of Duthiers Point off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
[2] Cruise ships that have sailed along the Neumayer Channel to Port Lockroy often pass by Lemaire Island when taking a different route to return.
One chart shows four small islets or rocks lying in a semicircle close off the same extremity.
On 3 October 2017, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) approved the name "Memorial Point" for the western tip of Lemaire Island.
It commemorates all British personnel who died while working in Antarctica, and who have not had features named after them as individuals.
Named "Punta Munoz" by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950-51, after Roberto Labra Muñoz, in charge of General Bernardo O'Higgins Station, 1950-51.
A marine channel between Lemaire Island and Danco Coast, permitting northern access to Paradise Harbor.
Chilean Antarctic Expeditions operated a science station on Waterboat Point at Aguirre Passage from 1951-73.
Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950-51, after Don Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879-1941), President of Chile, 1938-41.