D'Urville Island
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D'Urville Island is an island of Antarctica. It is the northernmost island of the Joinville Island group, 17 miles long, lying immediately north of Joinville Island, from which it is separated by Larsen Channel. D'Urville Island is located at 63°05′S, 56°20′W. D'Urville Island was charted in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, who named it for Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer who discovered land in the Joinville Island group.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D'Urville_Island,_Antarctica
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Coordinates: 63°4'55"S 56°19'54"W
- Joinville Island 12 km
- Joinville Island Group 15 km
- James Ross Island 132 km
- King George Island 192 km
- Elephant Island (Island of Mordvinov) 237 km
- Livingston Island 246 km
- Arctowski Peninsula 355 km
- Renaud Island 547 km
- Coronation Island 609 km
- South Orkney Islands 613 km
- Cape Kinnes 32 km
- Joinville Island Group 36 km
- Trinity Peninsula 55 km
- Duse Bay 68 km
- Cockerell Peninsula 97 km
- Pastorizo Bay 103 km
- Prince Gustav Channel 133 km
- Holluschikie Bay 138 km
- Admiralty Sound 141 km
- Röhss Bay 157 km