Guébriant Islands
Guébriant Islands | ||
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View from Rothera station to Jenny Island (right) and the Guébriant Islands (arrow) | ||
Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
Geographical location | 67 ° 48 ′ S , 68 ° 24 ′ W | |
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Number of islands | 2 |
The Guébriant Islands ( French Îlots de Guébriant ) are two small islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the northern part of Marguerite Bay they are 8 km southeast of Cape Alexandra on Adelaide Island .
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 Jean Budes de Guébriant (1860-1935), a French missionary in China .
Web links
- Guébriant Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Guébriant Islands on geographic.org (English)