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Buffon Islands

Coordinates: 66°40′S 140°1′E / 66.667°S 140.017°E / -66.667; 140.017
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Buffon Islands
Buffon Islands is located in Antarctica
Buffon Islands
Buffon Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°40′S 140°1′E / 66.667°S 140.017°E / -66.667; 140.017
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The Buffon Islands are a group of three adjoining, rocky islands, together about 0.5 kilometres (0.25 nmi) in extent, lying 0.2 kilometres (0.1 nmi) east of Petrel Island in the Géologie Archipelago. They were charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Georges Buffon, a noted French naturalist.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Buffon Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Buffon Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.