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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.




See also


List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands




References



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

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