Chameau Island
Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
66°46′S 141°36′E / 66.767°S 141.600°E / -66.767; 141.600
Chameau Island is a rocky island 0.2 kilometres (0.1 nmi) long, lying 1.5 kilometres (0.8 nmi) east of Cape Découverte in the Curzon Islands. It was charted and named in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition. The name is suggestive of the island's form which resembles the two humps on a (bactrian) camel, "chameau" being a French word for camel.[1]
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- ^ "Chameau Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Chameau Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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