La Baleine (Antarctica)
| La Baleine | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| archipelago | Geology archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 39 ′ S , 140 ° 1 ′ E | |
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La Baleine ( French for 'The Whale') is a group of closely spaced small rock islands off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . In the Géologie archipelago , they are right in front of the Dumont-d'Urville station on the Pétrel island .
French scientists named it that way in 1977 because its shape is reminiscent of the shape of a whale .
Web links
- Baleine, La in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)