Guébriant Islands

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Guébriant Islands
View from Rothera station to Jenny Island (right) and the Guébriant Islands (arrow)
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 Coordinates: 67 ° 48 ′  S , 68 ° 24 ′  W
Guébriant Islands (Antarctic Peninsula)
Guébriant Islands
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 .

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