Île des Dauphins
| Île des Dauphins | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Curzon Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 46 ′ S , 141 ° 35 ′ E | |
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The Île des Dauphins , also known as Dauphin Island , is a rocky and 240 m long island with a few small peaks at the northern and southern ends off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . In the group of Curzon Islands , it lies between the Île de Claquebue and the Île du Chameau .
Participants in a French Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1949 to 1951 made a map and named the island after the Dauphiné , home of expedition member Paul Perroud.
Web links
- Dauphin Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dauphin Island on geographic.org (English)