Dufayel Island

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Dufayel Island
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Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands
Dufayel Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Dufayel Island
Dufayel Island
Location of Dufayel Island
Geography
LocationAntarctica
CoordinatesCoordinates: 62°10′S 58°34′W / 62.167°S 58.567°W / -62.167; -58.567
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Dufayel Island is an island lying near the center of Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted and named in December 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.[1]

See also[]

  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References[]

  1. ^ "Dufayel Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-01.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Dufayel Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

Dufayel Island in Ezcurra Inlet.


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