Mount D'Urville is one of the highest points on
Auckland Island, one of
New Zealand
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's
subantarctic
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outlying islands, and is named after French explorer
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 ...
. It rises to a height of 630 m (2099 ft). It stands in the southeast of the main island, overlooking the mouth of
Carnley Harbour. The higher peak of
Mount Dick, on
Adams Island, is visible from it, 12 kilometres to the southwest.
References
* Anon. (1969, 4th edn). ''Wise's New Zealand Guide''. H. Wise & Co.: Dunedin
Durville
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