Île aux Phoques
| Île aux Phoques | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 48 '48.3 " S , 141 ° 23' 54.1" E | |
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| length | 160 m | |
The Ile aux Phoques (French for Robben Island ), also known as Phoque Iceland , is a rocky and 160 m long island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélielands . It is the southernmost of a small group of islands 160 m north of Cape Margerie .
Participants in a French Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1949 to 1951 made a map and named the island after the numerous seals that can be found here .
Web links
- Phoque Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Phoques, Île aux in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English with short French description)
- Phoque Island on geographic.org (English)