Darbel Islands
| Darbel Islands | ||
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| Waters | Darbel Bay | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 23 ′ S , 65 ° 56 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | > 3 | |
The Darbel Islands are a group of one larger and two smaller islands as well as some reef rocks off the Loubet coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They extend southwest of Cape Bellue for 8 km along the entrance to Darbel Bay .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it in 1930 and adopted the name based on the bay of the same name. It is named after the French Vice-Admiral Laurent Marin-Darbel (1849–1928).
Web links
- Darbel Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Darbel Islands on geographic.org (English)