The Double Islands are two small rocky islands lying close east of the tip of
Zélée Glacier Tongue Zélée may refer to:
* Zélée Glacier, a glacier in Antarctica
* Zélée Rocks, a group of rocks in Bransfield Strait off the north tip of Antarctic Peninsula
* Zélée Subglacial Trench, a subglacial valley on George V Coast off Antarctica
* Fre ...
and north-northwest of the
Triple Islands
The uninhabited Triple Islands are an island group located in Bathurst Inlet, south of Victoria Island, west of the Kent Peninsula, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Breakwater Islands, Ch ...
. They were photographed from the air by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and were charted and named by the
French Antarctic Expedition
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
1837–1840
In 1837, during an 1837–1840 expedition across the deep southern hemisphere, Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville sailed his ship ''Astrolabe'' alo ...
, 1949–51.
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See also
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.
* Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate, and south of the Antarctic Convergence. According to the terms of the ...
References
Islands of Adélie Land
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