Île Fiorèse
| Île Fiorèse | ||
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| Waters | Baie Pierre Lejay | |
| Archipelago | Geology archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 39 ′ S , 139 ° 59 ′ E | |
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The Île Fiorèse (formerly French Le Taureau 'The Bull' ) is a small island in the Géologie archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is one of the islands of Les Sept-Îles .
French scientists initially named it after the constellation Taurus . In 1999, the island was renamed after the helicopter pilot Bruno Fiorèse, who died on February 8, 1999 together with two other crew members in a helicopter crash near the Dumont-d'Urville station .
Web links
- Fiorèse, Île in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)