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Dufayel Island

Coordinates: 62°09′59″S 58°33′29″W / 62.16650°S 58.55819°W / -62.16650; -58.55819
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Dufayel Island
Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands
Dufayel Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Dufayel Island
Dufayel Island
Location of Dufayel Island
Dufayel Island is located in Antarctica
Dufayel Island
Dufayel Island
Dufayel Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°09′59″S 58°33′29″W / 62.16650°S 58.55819°W / -62.16650; -58.55819
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Dufayel Island is an island lying near the center of Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted and named in December 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Dufayel Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 1 February 2012.

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

Dufayel Island in Ezcurra Inlet.