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Double Islands

Double Islands

Pair of islands in Adélie Land, Antarctica

The Double Islands are two small rocky islands lying close east of the tip of Zélée Glacier Tongue and 0.7 kilometres (0.4 nmi) north-northwest of the Triple Islands. They were photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and were charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51.[1]

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    "Double Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

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