Curie Island
| Curie Island | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Archipelago | Geology archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 39 ′ S , 140 ° 3 ′ E | |
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The Curie Island ( French Île Curie ) is a small rocky island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located 1.5 km southwest of Derby Island and immediately north of the Astrolabe glacier tongue at the eastern end of the Géologie archipelago .
Aerial photos of the island were taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). French scientists mapped them during a research trip that lasted from 1949 to 1951 and named them after the Nobel Prize winners Pierre (1859–1906) and Marie Curie (1867–1934).
Web links
- Curie Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Curie Island on geographic.org (English)