Houle_Island

Houle Island

Houle Island

Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica

Houle Island is a low rocky island 2 kilometres (1 nmi) west of Ressac Island and about 6 kilometres (3.5 nmi) north-northeast of Zelee Glacier Tongue, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and so named by them because the surf breaks over this low-lying island. "Houle" is a French word for surge or swell.[1]

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    "Houle Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 28 June 2012.

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