Curzon Islands

Curzon Islands (66°46′S 141°35′E / 66.767°S 141.583°E / -66.767; 141.583) are a small group of rocky islands lying close off Cape Decouverte, Adelie Coast. Probably sighted in January 1840 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville though not identified as islands on d'Urville's maps. The islands were roughly charted in 1912 by Captain J.K. Davis of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition ship Aurora and named for Lord Curzon, the President of the Royal Geographical Society, 1911-14. The islands were mapped in detail by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1950-52.^[1]

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

1. ^ "Antarctica Feature Detail - Curzon Islands". USGS Geographic Names Information System. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:3430. Retrieved 2009-02-14. 

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Curzon Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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