Île Piton
| Île Piton | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Archipelago | Curzon Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 47 ′ S , 141 ° 36 ′ E | |
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The Île Piton (French for mountain peak island ), also known as Piton Island , is a small and rocky island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . In the group of the Curzon Islands , it is 160 m southwest of the Île au Guano .
Participants in a French Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1949 to 1951 made a map and named the island after its appearance.
Web links
- Piton Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Piton Island on geographic.org (English)