Joubin Islands
| Joubin Islands | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 47 ′ S , 64 ° 26 ′ W | |
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The Joubin Islands ( French Îlots Joubin ) are a group of small islands at the southwestern end of the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . They are located 5 km southwest of Cape Monaco on Anvers Island .
They were discovered during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition led by polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named it after the French naturalist Louis Joubin (1861-1935).
Web links
- Joubin Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Joubin Islands on geographic.org (English)