Astrolabe Island
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Astrolabe Island is an island
3 miles (5 km) long, lying in the Bransfield Strait
14 miles (22.5 km) northwest of Cape Ducorps
, Trinity Peninsula
. It was discovered by the French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville
, and named by him for his chief expedition ship, the Astrolabe
.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
3 miles (5 km) long, lying in the Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast-southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. It was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland...
14 miles (22.5 km) northwest of Cape Ducorps
Cape Ducorps
Cape Ducorps is a point marking the north end of Cockerell Peninsula on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Louis Ducorps, a member of the expedition....
, Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...
. It was discovered by the French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville
Jules Dumont d'Urville
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer, naval officer and rear admiral, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.-Childhood:Dumont was born at Condé-sur-Noireau...
, and named by him for his chief expedition ship, the Astrolabe
French ship Astrolabe (1817)
The Astrolabe was a horse barge converted to an exploration ship of the French Navy. She is famous for her travels with Jules Dumont d'Urville.The name derives from an early navigational instrument, the astrolabe, a precursor to the sextant.-Legacy:...
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