Buffon Islands
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 66°40′S 140°1′E / 66.667°S 140.017°E |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
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
- ^ "Buffon Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Buffon Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.