Darboux_Island

Darboux Island

Darboux Island

Island in Graham Land, Antarctica

Darboux Island (65°25′S 64°15′W) 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]

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    "Darboux Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Darboux Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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