Joinville Island group is a group of
antarctic
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islands, lying off the northeastern tip of the
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...
, from which Joinville Island group is separated by the
Antarctic Sound.
Joinville Island, located at , is the largest
island of the Joinville Island group. Immediately north of
Joinville Island and separated by
Larsen Channel lies
D'Urville Island, Antarctica, the northernmost island of the Joinville Island group, being located at .
The Joinville Island group was discovered in 1838 by a
French
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expedition under Captain
Jules Dumont d'Urville.
See also
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...
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List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
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List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
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SCAR
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Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
Islands of Graham Land
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