Helene Island
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Helene Island is a small rocky island
0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northwest of Ifo Island
marking the west end of Geologie Archipelago
. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition
, 1949–51, and named by them for one of the French expedition's dogs.
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...
0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northwest of Ifo Island
Ifo Island
Ifo Island is a low rocky island 0.2 miles southeast of Helene Island at the west end of Geologie Archipelago. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition under Liotard, 1949-51...
marking the west end of 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...
. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted 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....
, 1949–51, and named by them for one of the French expedition's dogs.