The Dumoulin Islands are a small group of rocky islands in the
Antarctic region at the northeast end of the
Geologie Archipelago, north of
Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. On 22 January 1840, a
French Antarctic expedition
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
First expedition
In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fabl ...
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
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Mawson had been inspired to lead his own venture by his experiences on Ernest ...
, 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.
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See also
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
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Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago, site of Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine
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IGN Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
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The Dumoulin islands and Débarquement Rock in the ''Pilote de Terre Adélie'', site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
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The Dumoulin islands by Dubouzet in 1840, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
Islands of Adélie Land
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