Marégraphe Island
| Marégraphe Island | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Archipelago | Geology archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 40 ′ S , 140 ° 0 ′ E | |
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The Marégraphe Island ( French Île du Marégraphe ) is a small rocky island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located 80 m west of the northern end of Carrel Island in the Géologie archipelago .
French scientists mapped them during a research expedition that lasted from 1949 to 1951 and named them after a mareograph installed on the island to record the tidal range .
Web links
- Marégraphe Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Marégraphe Island on geographic.org (English)