Dufayel Island
| Dufayel Island | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| Waters | Ezcurra Fjord , Admiralty Bay | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 10 ′ S , 58 ° 33 ′ W | |
|
||
| Highest elevation |
Sopot Peak 205 m |
|
The Dufayel Island ( French Île Dufayel ) is an island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located near the center of the Ezcurra Fjord on King George Island .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) led by polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped the island in December 1909. Charcot named it after the French entrepreneur Georges Jules Dufayel (1855–1916), who furnished the ship on the expedition with furniture would have.
Web links
- Dufayel Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dufayel Island on geographic.org (English)