Île Lattanzi
| Île Lattanzi | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Archipelago | Geology archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 39 ′ S , 139 ° 58 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 13 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Île Lattanzi is an island up to 13 m high in the Géologie archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland .
Originally it was called Îlot des Damiers ( French for checkerboard island ). French scientists changed the name in 1999. It is named after Dario Lattanzi, engineer of the French ship L'Astrolabe , who died on February 8, 1999 in a helicopter crash not far from the Dumont-d'Urville station together with two other crew members.
Web links
- Lattanzi, Île in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)