Géologie Archipelago

The Géologie Archipelago, also known as the Pointe Géologie Archipelago, Geology Archipelago or Cape Geology Archipelago, is a small archipelago of rocky islands and rocks close to the north of

The French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville landed on Débarquement Rock in the Dumoulin Islands on 22 January 1840. Because rock samples were obtained, they gave the name "Pointe Géologie" to a coastal feature charted as lying south of Débarquement Rock. The archipelago was delineated, in part, from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy's Operation Highjump in 1946–47. Following surveys by French Antarctic Expedition parties during the 1950–52 period, the French gave the name "Archipel de Pointe Géologie" to the entire archipelago, as d'Urville's coastal feature is believed to correlate with portions of the cluster of islands close to the north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue.^[1]

In 1952, a small base was built on

A 37 ha site coincident with ASPA 120 has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports about 3,600 pairs of emperor penguins as well as some 54,000 pairs of Adélie penguins, based on 2013 estimates.^[3]

References

• (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) Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago and Cap Prud'homme, site of Institut Polaire Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
• (in French) Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago and Dumont d'Urville station, site of Ornithomedia

External links

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Géologie Archipelago". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

66°39′S 139°55′E / 66.650°S 139.917°E / -66.650; 139.917