Dumoulin Islands is a small group of rocky islands at the northeast end of 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...

, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. A French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont

Jules Dumont

Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 15 June 1943.Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the Commune de Paris Battalion, XIV International Brigade. He was active in the French Resistance in the Second...

 d'Urville landed on one of these islands in 1840. The islands were roughly charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition

Australasian Antarctic Expedition

The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart...

, 1911–14, under Mawson, who named them after Vincendon-Dumoulin (see the Wikipedia french edition), of the French expedition who conducted observations on terrestrial magnetism in this locality. The group was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and recharted by the 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....

under Liotard, 1949-51.