Ile au guano
| Ile au guano | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Archipelago | Curzon Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 141 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 300 m | |
The Île au Guano ( French ; English Guano Island , each translated Guano Island ) is a rocky and 300 m long island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located 0.3 km south of the Île du Chameau in the group of the Curzon Islands .
Participants in a French Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1949 to 1951 made a map and named the island. It is named after the significant occurrence of guano on this island as a result of the excretion of penguins .
Web links
- Guano Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Guano Island on geographic.org (English)