 Location of D'Urville Island | |
  D'Urville Island, Antarctica Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°05′S56°20′W / 63.083°S 56.333°W /-63.083; -56.333 (D'Urville Island) |
| Archipelago | Joinville Island group |
| Area | 455.3 km2 (175.8 sq mi) |
| Length | 27 km (16.8 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under theAntarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
D'Urville Island (63°05′S56°20′W / 63.083°S 56.333°W /-63.083; -56.333 (D'Urville Island)) is the northernmostisland of theJoinville Island group in Antarctica.It is 27 kilometres (17 mi) long, lying immediately north ofJoinville Island, from which it is separated by Larsen Channel.[1]
D'Urville Island is separated by theLarsen Channel fromJoinville Island to the south.It is northeast of the tip ofTrinity Peninsula, which itself is the tip of theAntarctic Peninsula. It is southeast of theSouth Shetland Islands, from which it is separated byBransfield Strait.Features include Cape Juncal and Turnbull Point.Burden Passage separates d'Urville Island from Bransfield Island to the southwest.Wideopen Island is to the east.[2]
The single island was charted in 1902 by theSwedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE) underOtto Nordenskiöld, who named it for CaptainJules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer who discovered land in theJoinville Island group.[1]
Features and nearby features include:
63°02′S56°00′W / 63.033°S 56.000°W /-63.033; -56.000. A group of fringing rocks lying off the northeast coast of D'Urville Island. The name "Pointe des Français" (point of the French) was given by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville (French expedition, 1837–40) to the northeast point of the island which at that time was believed to be continuous with Joinville Island. Surveys by FIDS (1952-54) and aerial photographs by FIDASE (1956-57) have not revealed a definable point hereabout. For the sake of historical continuity in the area, the UK-APC (1978) applied the name Français Rocks to these fringing rocks.[3]
62°57′S56°21′W / 62.950°S 56.350°W /-62.950; -56.350. The largest and southernmost of a group of three rocks lying north of Montrol Rock and D'Urville Island.The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1960.Named after Capitán de Navío Santiago Harris, Argentine Navy.[4]
62°58′S56°21′W / 62.967°S 56.350°W /-62.967; -56.350. The largest of a group of rocks lying east of Cape Juncal, D'Urville Island. Discovered by the French expedition under CaptainJules Dumont d'Urville, 1837-40, and named after François Mongin de Montrol, a French journalist and politician.[5]
62°58′S56°01′W / 62.967°S 56.017°W /-62.967; -56.017. A group of reefs and rocks lying close off the northeast side of D'Urville Island. Surveyed by theFalkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953-54 and named in 1956. The name arose because of the medley of reefs and rocks in this area.[6]
62°59′S56°28′W / 62.983°S 56.467°W /-62.983; -56.467. A prominent cape forming the northwest extremity of D'Urville Island. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1957 and was applied in remembrance of the Argentine naval victory of 1827 at the island ofJuncal.[7]
62°54′S56°35′W / 62.900°S 56.583°W /-62.900; -56.583. A small isolated group of rocks lying northwest of Cape Juncal. In association with Southtrap Rock, so named byUK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 because the rocks are the northernmost of two features which should be avoided by vessels entering theAntarctic Sound from the north.[8]
62°59′S56°38′W / 62.983°S 56.633°W /-62.983; -56.633. An isolated rock lying west of Cape Juncal. In association with Northtrap Rocks so named by the UK-APC in 1963 because the rock is the southernmost of two groups of features which should be avoided by vessels entering theAntarctic Sound from the north.[9]
63°02′S56°36′W / 63.033°S 56.600°W /-63.033; -56.600. An exposed rocky point at the west extremity of D'Urville Island.Following surveys by FIDS, 1959-61, named after David H. Turnbull, Master of the FIDS/BAS ship Shackleton, 1959-69.[10]
63°03′S56°50′W / 63.050°S 56.833°W /-63.050; -56.833. The largest of a group of small islands lying 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of Turnbull Point, D'Urville Island. The name appears on Powell's map published by Laurie in 1822. A French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837-40, charted an island in essentially the same position which was named Daussy Island.[11]
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