Bernard Island
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Bernard Island is a rocky island
0.25 miles (402.3 m) long lying 0.05 miles (80.5 m) east of the Buffon Islands
in the Geologie Archipelago
. It was charted in 1951 by a French Antarctic Expedition
and named by them for Claude Bernard
, noted French physiologist.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
0.25 miles (402.3 m) long lying 0.05 miles (80.5 m) east of the Buffon Islands
Buffon Islands
The Buffon Islands are a group of three adjoining, rocky islands, together about in extent, lying east of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago. They were charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Georges Buffon, noted French naturalist....
in the Geologie Archipelago
Geologie Archipelago
Geologie Archipelago is a small archipelago of rocky islands and rocks close north of Cape Geodesie and Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, extending from Helene Island on the west to Dumoulin Islands on the east. The French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville landed on Debarquement Rock in the...
. It was charted in 1951 by a French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
and named by them for Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard was a French physiologist. He was the first to define the term milieu intérieur . Historian of science I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science"...
, noted French physiologist.