Dumoulin Islands
The Dumoulin Islands (66°37′S 140°4′E / 66.617°S 140.067°E) are a small group of rocky islands at the northeast end of the Geologie Archipelago, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. A French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville landed on one of these islands, Rocher du Débarquement, on January 22, 1840. Dumont d'Urville named so the group of islands including the Rocher du Débarquement in honor of the Hydrographer of the expedition, fr. The islands were roughly charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, under Mawson, who named them after fr, of the French expedition who conducted observations on terrestrial magnetism in this locality. The group was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and recharted by the French Antarctic Expedition under André-Frank Liotard, 1949–51.[1]
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References
- Template:Fr icon Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago, site of Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine
- Template:Fr icon IGN Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
- Template:Fr icon The Dumoulin islands and Débarquement Rock in the Pilote de Terre Adélie, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
- Template:Fr icon The Dumoulin islands by Dubouzet in 1840, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
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