D'Urville or d'Urville is a French family name, notably that of explorer
Jules Dumont d'Urville
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his nam ...
(1790 – 1842) who gave his name to many places and objects, especially in Antarctica and New Zealand. It may also refer to:
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D'Urville Martin
D'Urville Martin (February 11, 1939 – May 28, 1984) was an American actor in both film and television. He appeared in numerous 1970s movies in the blaxploitation genre. He also appeared in two unaired pilots of what would become ''All in the ...
(1939 – 1984), American actor and director in film and television
Places
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D'Urville Island, Antarctica
D'Urville Island is an island of Antarctica. It is the northernmost island of the Joinville Island group, long, lying immediately north of Joinville Island, from which it is separated by Larsen Channel.
The single island was charted in 1902 by ...
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D'Urville Monument
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D'Urville Sea
D'Urville Sea is a sea of the Southern Ocean, north of the coast of Adélie Land, East Antarctica. It is named after the French explorer and officer Jules Dumont d'Urville
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1 ...
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D'Urville Wall D'Urville Wall () is a great glacier-cut wall of granite which rises to and forms the north wall of David Glacier near its terminus, in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land. It was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, ...
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Dumont d'Urville Station
The Dumont d'Urville Station (french: Base antarctique Dumont-d'Urville) is a French scientific station in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, Geologie Archipelago, archipelago of Pointe-Géologie in Adélie Land. It is named after exploration, exp ...
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Mount D'Urville, Antarctica
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D'Urville River
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D'Urville Island, New Zealand
D'Urville Island (), Māori name ' ('red heavens look to the south'), is an island in the Marlborough Sounds along the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was named after the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville. With an are ...
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Mount D'Urville
Mount D'Urville is one of the highest points on Auckland Island, one of New Zealand's subantarctic outlying islands, and is named after French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville. It rises to a height of 630 m (2099 ft). It stands in the so ...
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French aviso Dumont d'Urville, class of French naval ships
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Durvillaea
''Durvillaea'' is a genus of large brown algae in the monotypic family Durvillaeaceae. All members of the genus are found in the southern hemisphere, including Australia, New Zealand, South America, and various subantarctic islands. ''Durvillaea' ...
'', genus of brown algae known as bull kelp
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Durville (disambiguation)
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