Île du Dépôt
| Île du Dépôt | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Archipelago | Dumoulin Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 140 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 160 m | |
The Île du Dépôt , also known as Dépôt Island , is a rocky and 160 m long island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located 1 km northwest of Pasteur Island near the center of the Dumoulin Islands .
Aerial photos were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947). Participants in a French Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1950 to 1951 named the island after a material depot set up here in January 1951.
Web links
- Dépôt Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dépôt Island on geographic.org (English)