Astrolabe Island
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Astrolabe Island, located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., is an island 5 km (3 mi) long, lying in the Bransfield Strait 23 km (14 mi) northwest of Cape Ducorps, Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica. It was discovered by the French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for his chief expedition ship, the Astrolabe.[1] The island was photographed from the air and triangulated by FIDASE, 1956-57.
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Maps
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2012.
References
- Astrolabe Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Footnotes
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Astrolabe Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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