Île du Chameau
| Île du Chameau | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Archipelago | Curzon Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 46 ′ S , 141 ° 36 ′ E | |
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The Île du Chameau (French for camel island ), also known as Chameau Island , is a rocky and 160 m long island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located 1.3 km east of Cape Découverte 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 shape of the island, which with its two elevations is reminiscent of the humps of a trample .
Web links
- Chameau Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chameau Island on geographic.org (English)