A pair of islets called The Monolith are located off of the island's southern tip.

The Fifth French Antarctic Expedition led by Frank Liotard landed there on 3 March 1949, but could spend only a few hours ashore.

[1] The island has outstanding environmental and scientific value as a representative sample of the Balleny Islands – the only oceanic archipelago located within the main Antarctic Coastal Current.

It is a breeding site for chinstrap and Adélie penguins as well as Cape petrels.

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