Buffon Islands

Coordinates: 66°40′S 140°1′E / 66.667°S 140.017°E / -66.667; 140.017
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Buffon Islands
Buffon Islands is located in Antarctica
Buffon Islands
Buffon Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°40′S 140°1′E / 66.667°S 140.017°E / -66.667; 140.017
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The Buffon Islands are a group of three adjoining, rocky islands, together about 0.5 kilometres (0.25 nmi) in extent, lying 0.2 kilometres (0.1 nmi) east of

Georges Buffon, a noted French naturalist.[1]

See also

  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

  1. ^ "Buffon Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

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