Curzon Islands

Curzon Islands

Curzon Islands Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°46′S 141°35′E / 66.767°S 141.583°ECoordinates: 66°46′S 141°35′E / 66.767°S 141.583°E
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

The Curzon Islands are a small group of rocky islands lying close off Cape Découverte, Adélie Coast. They were probably sighted in January 1840 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, though not identified as islands on d'Urville's maps. The islands were roughly charted in 1912 by Captain J.K. Davis of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition ship Aurora and named by Mawson for Lord Curzon, the President of the Royal Geographical Society, 1911–14. The islands were mapped in detail by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1950–52.^[1][2]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

1. "Curzon Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
2. "Curzon Islands". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 488. Retrieved 2011-12-11.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Curzon Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).