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Darboux Island

Island in Graham Land, Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Darboux Island (65°25′S 64°15′W) is an island 1 nautical mile (2 km) long rising to 270 metres (900 ft), lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Cape Perez off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Jean Gaston Darboux, the noted French mathematician.^[1]

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"Darboux Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

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