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Débarquement Rock is an ice-free rock long and 18.7 m high, marking the northern end of the
''Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes "l'Astrolabe" et "la Zélée", exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont-d'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau'', Paris, Gide éditeur, 1842-1846, tome 8, p. 148-152, site of Gallica
: "''Le canot de l'Astrolabe avait déjà pris beaucoup d'avance (...) et au bout de deux heures et demi, nous atteignîmes le plus rapproché des îlots aperçus. (...) en si peu de temps, une distance de plus de sept milles. (...) Il était près de neuf heures lorsque, à notre grande joie, nous prîmes terre sur la partie ouest de l’îlot le plus occidental et le plus élevé.''"
Plates 168 to 171 of ''Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes "l'Astrolabe" et "la Zélée"'', site LINK Tasmania, Adelie Coast (Antarctica) - Pictorial works
Documents of the Proposed registration of the Landing Rock on the list of historical sites and monuments, Site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Antarctic Treaty, Documents
Category : Historic Sites and Monuments, p. 3, ATCM XXIX *
''Carte des explorations effectuées par les corvettes "l'Astrolabe" et "la Zélée" dans les régions circum-polaires'', 1841 (plate of ''Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes "l'Astrolabe" et "la Zélée"''), site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
enlarge to find the number 38 position of the ships before landing on Débarquement Rock more than 7 nautical miles southward (about 14 km), near the tongue of the Astrolabe Glacier called ''Pointe Géologie'' on the map. *
Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago
click on (+), site of Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine *
IGN Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
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The Dumoulin islands and Débarquement Rock in the ''Pilote de Terre Adélie'', site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
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The Dumoulin islands by Dubouzet in 1840, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
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Views of Débarquement Rock from north and south west, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
length 244 m, height 18.7 m *
''Prise de possession de la Terre Adélie'' (plate 171 of ''Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes "l'Astrolabe" et "la Zélée"'', view from the west), site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
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Photography of Débarquement Rock, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
Proposed registration of the Landing Rock on the list of historical sites and monuments, Antarctic Treaty Consultative meeting 2006, note 4
* PERROUD, Paul, ''Terre Adélie 1951-1952 – Astronomie, Géodésie, Cartographie, Expéditions Polaires Françaises, Résultats scientifiques'', S. III.1, Paris 1955. {{DEFAULTSORT:Debarquement Rock Rock formations of Adélie Land Historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica
Débarquement Rock is an ice-free rock long and 18.7 m high, marking the northern end of the Dumoulin Islands
The Dumoulin Islands are a small group of rocky islands in the Antarctic region at the northeast end of the Géologie Archipelago, north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. On 22 January 1840, a French Antarctic expedition led by Captain Jules Dumon ...
and the north-eastern end of the Géologie Archipelago
The Géologie Archipelago, also known as the Pointe Géologie Archipelago, Geology Archipelago or Cape Geology Archipelago, is a small archipelago of rocky islands and rocks close to the north of Cape Géodésie and Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, ext ...
.
History
TheFrench Antarctic Expedition, 1837–40
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
1837–1840
In 1837, during an 1837–1840 expedition across the deep southern hemisphere, Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville sailed his ship ''Astrolabe'' alo ...
, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French List of explorers, explorer and French Navy, naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist an ...
landed on the western side of the highest of the westernmost rocky islets, to which he gave the name "''Rocher du Débarquement''". The landing was described by him as taking place on 21 January 1840 at 9 in the evening, though the actual date was 22 January 1840, since d'Urville had forgotten to add a day on his diary when he passed the 180° meridian from the east. A similar episode occurs at the end of the novel of Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright.
His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
of 1872 Around the World in Eighty Days
''Around the World in Eighty Days'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate ...
, but a day earlier from the west.
Identification of the islet with d'Urville's "''Rocher du Débarquement''" has been made on the basis of aerial photographs taken in the course of the US Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
's 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 (exploration b ...
(1946–1947), and of surveys and geological studies made by the French Antarctic Expedition
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
1837–1840
In 1837, during an 1837–1840 expedition across the deep southern hemisphere, Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville sailed his ship ''Astrolabe'' alo ...
in 1950–1952, with the seaward position of Débarquement Rock correlating with the feature named by d'Urville. Analysis of the geological samples brought back by the expedition indicates that the landing took place on one of the Dumoulin Islands (named by d'Urville in honour of the expedition hydrographer Clément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin), and the islet is, as described by d'Urville, the north-westernmost and highest of the group, similar in appearance from the west to that portrayed in illustrations contemporary with the original landing.
The islet was designated a historic site
A historic site or heritage site is an official location where pieces of political, military, cultural, or social history have been preserved due to their cultural heritage value. Historic sites are usually protected by law, and many have been re ...
(HSM 81) following a proposal by France to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.
References
*''Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes "l'Astrolabe" et "la Zélée", exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont-d'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau'', Paris, Gide éditeur, 1842-1846, tome 8, p. 148-152, site of Gallica
: "''Le canot de l'Astrolabe avait déjà pris beaucoup d'avance (...) et au bout de deux heures et demi, nous atteignîmes le plus rapproché des îlots aperçus. (...) en si peu de temps, une distance de plus de sept milles. (...) Il était près de neuf heures lorsque, à notre grande joie, nous prîmes terre sur la partie ouest de l’îlot le plus occidental et le plus élevé.''"
Plates 168 to 171 of ''Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes "l'Astrolabe" et "la Zélée"'', site LINK Tasmania, Adelie Coast (Antarctica) - Pictorial works
Documents of the Proposed registration of the Landing Rock on the list of historical sites and monuments, Site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Antarctic Treaty, Documents
Category : Historic Sites and Monuments, p. 3, ATCM XXIX *
''Carte des explorations effectuées par les corvettes "l'Astrolabe" et "la Zélée" dans les régions circum-polaires'', 1841 (plate of ''Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes "l'Astrolabe" et "la Zélée"''), site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
enlarge to find the number 38 position of the ships before landing on Débarquement Rock more than 7 nautical miles southward (about 14 km), near the tongue of the Astrolabe Glacier called ''Pointe Géologie'' on the map. *
Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago
click on (+), site of Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine *
IGN Map of Pointe Géologie archipelago, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
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The Dumoulin islands and Débarquement Rock in the ''Pilote de Terre Adélie'', site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
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The Dumoulin islands by Dubouzet in 1840, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
*
Views of Débarquement Rock from north and south west, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
length 244 m, height 18.7 m *
''Prise de possession de la Terre Adélie'' (plate 171 of ''Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes "l'Astrolabe" et "la Zélée"'', view from the west), site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
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Photography of Débarquement Rock, site of Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, Documents, Historic Sites and Monuments
Proposed registration of the Landing Rock on the list of historical sites and monuments, Antarctic Treaty Consultative meeting 2006, note 4
* PERROUD, Paul, ''Terre Adélie 1951-1952 – Astronomie, Géodésie, Cartographie, Expéditions Polaires Françaises, Résultats scientifiques'', S. III.1, Paris 1955. {{DEFAULTSORT:Debarquement Rock Rock formations of Adélie Land Historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica