Cruls Islands
| Cruls Islands | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 12 ′ S , 64 ° 33 ′ W | |
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The Cruls Islands ( French Îles Cruls ) are a group of small islands in the southern Wilhelm Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are 1.5 km west of the Roca Islands .
The islands were discovered during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . He named it after the Brazilian astronomer Luís Cruls (1848–1908) , who came from Belgium .
Web links
- Cruls Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cruls Islands on geographic.org (English)