Darboux Island

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Darboux Island (65°25′S 64°15′W / 65.417°S 64.250°W / -65.417; -64.250Coordinates: 65°25′S 64°15′W / 65.417°S 64.250°W / -65.417; -64.250) is an island 1 nautical mile (2 km) long rising to 270 metres (900 ft), lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Cape Perez off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Jean Gaston Darboux, the noted French mathematician.[1]

See also

  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

  1. ↑ "Darboux Island". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 

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