Dumoulin Islands
  Dumoulin Islands Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 66°37′S 140°4′E / 66.617°S 140.067°E |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
The Dumoulin Islands are a small group of rocky islands in the
Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. On 22 January 1840, a French Antarctic expedition led by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, aboard his flagship Astrolabe, landed a party on one of these islands, Rocher du Débarquement. Dumont d'Urville named the group of islands in honor of the hydrographer
of his expedition, Clément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin.
The islands were roughly charted by the
Mawson. The island group was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and recharted by a French Antarctic Expedition under André-Frank Liotard, 1949–51.[1]
See also
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
- ^ "Dumoulin Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- (in French) Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago, site of Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine[permanent dead link]
- (in French) IGN Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
- (in French) The Dumoulin islands and Débarquement Rock in the Pilote de Terre Adélie, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
- (in French) The Dumoulin islands by Dubouzet in 1840, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
This article incorporates public domain material from "Dumoulin Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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