D'Urville Island, Antarctica

D'Urville Island, Antarctica

Map of Graham Land, showing D'Urville Island (3)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°05′S 56°20′W / 63.083°S 56.333°W / -63.083; -56.333
Archipelago	Joinville Island group
Length	17 mi (27 km)
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

D'Urville Island is an island of Antarctica. It is the northernmost island of the Joinville Island group, 17 miles (27 km) long, lying immediately north of Joinville Island, from which it is separated by Larsen Channel. D'Urville Island is located at 63°05′S 56°20′W / 63.083°S 56.333°W / -63.083; -56.333.

The single island was charted in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, who named it for Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer who discovered land in the Joinville Island group.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

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This Graham Land location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Islands of the Joinville Island group Graham Land geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Intro (album) Bisquick Look at other dictionaries: D'Urville Island — is the name of several places: D Urville Island, New Zealand, an island in the Marlborough Sounds along the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand D Urville Island, Antarctica, the northernmost island of the Joinville Island group in… …   Wikipedia Joinville Island group — is a group of sub antarctic islands, lying off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which Joinville Island group is separated by the Antarctic Sound. Joinville Island, being located at coord|63|15|S|55|45|W|, is the largest… …   Wikipedia Antarctica — /ant ahrk ti keuh, ahr ti /, n. the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. ab. 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km). Also called Antarctic Continent. * * * Antarctica Introduction Antarctica Background:… …   Universalium Jules Dumont d'Urville — This article is about the French explorer. For the French base in Antarctica at 64°40 S and 140°1 E, see Dumont d Urville Station. Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a… …   Wikipedia Ile d'Urville — Île d Urville Île d Urville D Urville Island (en) Île d Urville (3) Géographie P …   Wikipédia en Français Penguin Island — is the name of a book and several islands:Book* Penguin Island (novel) , satirical novelIslands* Penguin Island (Western Australia), off Perth * Penguin Island (South Shetland Islands), Antarctica * Penguin Islands, Namibia * Penguin Island, New… …   Wikipedia Dumont d'Urville Station — The Dumont d Urville Station (French: Base Dumont d Urville) is a French scientific station located in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipelago of Pointe Géologie ( …   Wikipedia Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César — ▪ French explorer born , May 23, 1790, Condé sur Noireau, Fr. died May 8, 1842, near Meudon  French navigator who commanded voyages of exploration to the South Pacific (1826–29) and the Antarctic (1837–40), resulting in extensive revisions of… …   Universalium Joinville Island — Vorlage:Infobox Insel/Wartung/Bild fehlt Joinville Island Gewässer Südlicher Ozean Inselgruppe Joinville Inseln Geographische Lage …   Deutsch Wikipedia Adelaide Island — See also Adelaide Island (Saint Lawrence River) Infobox Islands name = Adelaide image caption = Adelaide Island shown within the Antarctic Peninsula locator map custom = nickname = location = Antarctica coordinates =… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”