Île Monge
| Île Monge | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 47 ′ S , 141 ° 29 ′ E | |
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The Île Monge , also known as Monge Island , is a small and rocky island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located immediately south of the island of La Conchée and 800 m northeast of Cape Mousse .
Participants in a French Antarctic expedition lasting from 1950 to 1951 mapped the island and named it after the French mathematician Gaspard Monge (1746-1818).
Web links
- Monge Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Monge Island on geographic.org (English)