D'Urville Island, Antarctica
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Map of Graham Land, showing D'Urville Island (3)
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Location in Antarctica
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Location | Antarctica |
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Archipelago | Joinville Island group |
Length | 27 km (16.8 mi) |
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Population | Uninhabited |
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System |
D'Urville Island is an island of Antarctica. It is the northernmost island of the Joinville Island group, 27 kilometres (17 mi) long, lying immediately north of Joinville Island, from which it is separated by Larsen Channel.
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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