Petrel Island (
French
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: ''Île des Pétrels'') is a rocky
island, 900 m long and 45 m in elevation, which lies north-west of
Rostand Island
Rostand Island is a rocky island 400 m long and 200 m south-east of Petrel Island (Antarctica), Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago of Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Jean ...
and is the largest feature in the cluster of islands at the south-eastern end of
Geologie Archipelago. It was photographed from the air by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump
Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...
, 1946–47, charted by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and so named by them because numerous
snow petrel nests present. In January 1952, following destruction of the
Port Martin base by fire, the French Antarctic Expedition under Marret, 1952–53, enlarged the hut on Petrel Island to serve as the new base site. The island is now the site of
Dumont d'Urville Station.
Features
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Mount Cervin
Mount Cervin () is a small rocky hill, high, on the east side of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for the Matterhorn
The (, ; it, Cervino, ; french: Cer ...
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Mount Joli Mount Joli () is a small rocky mass with three summits, the highest to , on the northeast side of Petrel Island in the Géologie Archipelago. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for a summit of the Alps in th ...
Historic sites
The wooden building known as ‘Base Marret’, where seven men under Marret's command overwintered in 1952 following the fire at Port Martin, has been designated a
Historic Site or Monument (HSM 47), following a proposal by France to the
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
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, name = Antarctic Treaty System
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. The iron cross on the north-east headland of the island is dedicated as a memorial to André Prudhomme, head meteorologist on the third International Geophysical Year expedition, who disappeared during a blizzard on 7 January 1959; it has similarly been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 48).
See also
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List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
References
Islands of Adélie Land
Historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica
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