Curie_Island

Curie Island

Curie Island

Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica

Curie Island is a small rocky island near the eastern end of the Géologie Archipelago, lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) southwest of Derby Island, close north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and named by them for the noted French family of physicists and chemists: Pierre Curie and Marie Curie.[1]

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    "Curie Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

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