Dumoulin Islands
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 66°37′S 140°4′E / 66.617°S 140.067°ECoordinates: 66°37′S 140°4′E / 66.617°S 140.067°E |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
The Dumoulin Islands are a small group of rocky islands in the Antarctic region at the northeast end of the Geologie Archipelago, 4.6 kilometres (2.5 nmi) north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. On January 22, 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 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, under 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
References
- ↑ "Dumoulin Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- (French) Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago, site of Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine
- (French) IGN Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
- (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
- (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 the United States Geological Survey document "Dumoulin Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).