Triple Islands
| Triple Islands | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 46 ′ S , 141 ° 12 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
The Triple Islands (from English loosely translated triple Islands ) are three small and tightly strung together rocky islands off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélielands . They are located immediately east of the tip of the Zélée glacier tongue and 600 m south-southeast of the Double Islands .
Aerial photos were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947). Participants in a French Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1949 to 1951, led by André-Franck Liotard (1905–1982) mapped it and named it Île Triple (French for triple island ). This designation was adapted in 1956 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names .
Web links
- Triple Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Triple Islands on geographic.org (English)