Dumoulin Rocks
| Dumoulin Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 29 ′ S , 59 ° 47 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Dumoulin Rocks ( French Îles Dumoulin ) are a group of reef rocks off the west coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Palmer Archipelago , they are 6 km northeast of Cape Legoupil off the northern tip of Tower Island .
The French polar explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville named it during the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840). It is named after Clément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin (1811–1858), hydrograph of the research trip. D'Urville's name also included the northwestern rocks known today as Kendall Rocks . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee converted the French name into English on September 23, 1960.
Web links
- Dumoulin Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dumoulin Rocks on geographic.org (English)