Faure Islands
| Faure Islands | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 6 ′ S , 68 ° 52 ′ W | |
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| Main island | Dismal Island | |
The Fraure Islands ( French Îles Maurice Faure ) are a group of rocky islands and reefs in the Marguerite Bay before Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . They extend 32 km southeast of Cape Alexandra at the southeast end of Adelaide Island over a length of 5 km.
It was discovered by participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named it after the French politician Maurice-Louis Faure (1850-1919).
Web links
- Fraure Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fraure Islands on geographic.org (English)