Île du Retour
| Île du Retour | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Archipelago | Curzon Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 46 ′ S , 141 ° 34 ′ E | |
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The Île du Retour , also known as Retour Island , is a rocky and 1.1 km long island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is the largest of the Curzon Islands and is 160 m from Cape Découverte .
Participants in a French Antarctic expedition lasting from 1949 to 1951 mapped out and named the island in memory of the return of previous French expeditions.
Web links
- Retour Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Retour Island on geographic.org (English)