Double Islands
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Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
Geographical location | 66 ° 45 ′ S , 141 ° 11 ′ E | |
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Number of islands | 2 |
The Double Islands (basically translated from English double Islands ) are two small rocky islands off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélielands . They are located immediately east of the tip of the Zélée glacier tongue and 600 m north-northwest of the Triple Islands .
Aerial photos were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947). Participants in a French Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1949 to 1951, led by André-Franck Liotard (1905–1982) mapped it and named it Île Double (French for double island ). This designation was adapted in 1956 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names .
Web links
- Double Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Double Islands on geographic.org (English)