Pétrel Island
| Pétrel Island | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Archipelago | Geology archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 140 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 910 m | |
| width | 630 m | |
| surface | 35 ha | |
| Residents | 30th 86 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Dumont-d'Urville station | |
The Pétrel Island ( French Île des Pétrels ) is a small, 800 m long and up to 45 m high rocky island off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located northwest of Rostand Island and is the largest in a group of islands at the southeast end of the Géologie archipelago .
Aerial photos of the island were taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). French scientists mapped them during a research trip that lasted from 1949 to 1951 and named them after the petrels ( French Pétrel ) that breed on this island. After the French research station at Port Martin was damaged in a fire, participants in a French expedition lasting from 1952 to 1953 set up the Dumont-d'Urville station here in January 1952 .
Web links
- Pétrel Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pétrel Island on geographic.org (English)