Cuverville Island
Cuverville Island | ||
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Gentoo penguin colony on Cuverville Island with the Arctowski Peninsula in the background | ||
Waters | Errera Canal | |
Geographical location | 64 ° 41 ′ 15 ″ S , 62 ° 37 ′ 19 ″ W | |
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length | 1.4 km | |
width | 970 m | |
surface | 1 km² | |
Highest elevation | 252 m | |
Residents | uninhabited |
Cuverville Island ( French Île de Cavelier de Cuverville ) is a rocky island off the Danco coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in the Errera Canal 1.9 km west of the Arctowski Peninsula and 0.5 km east of the northern part of Rongé Island .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered them. Gerlache named them after and the French admiral and politician Jules de Cuverville (1834-1912), former superior of the geophysicist Georges Lecointe (1869-1929), who was involved in this research trip.
Cuverville Island is uninhabited. In the Antarctic summer, it is often the breeding ground for a large colony of gentoo penguins and is visited by cruise ships .
Web links
- Cuverville Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cuverville Island on geographic.org (English)
- Pictures from the island