Bernard Island

Bernard Island is a rocky island 400 m long lying 500 m east of the in the of . It was charted in 1951 by a French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Claude Bernard, a noted French physiologist.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in the Géologie Archipelago of Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Claude Bernard Island”, “Claude Bernard, Ile”, and “Île Claude Bernard”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pétrel Island.

Islet
Photo: Ehquionest, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Petrel Island is a rocky island, 900 m long and 45 m in elevation, which lies north-west of and is the largest feature in the cluster of islands at the south-eastern end of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumont d’Urville Station.

Hamlet
Photo: Ehquionest, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dumont d'Urville Station is a French scientific station in on Île des Pétrels, in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, whose expedition landed on in the at the northeast end of the archipelago on January 21, 1840.

Bernard Island

Latitude
-66.66194° or 66° 39′ 43″ south
Longitude
140.02242° or 140° 1′ 21″ east
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
3R5282QC+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 233138521
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
6624403
Wiki­data ID
Q4893257
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Satellite Map

Discover Bernard Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Swedish—“Bernard Island” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Enez Claude Bernard”
  • Cebuano: “Claude Bernard”
  • Chinese: “貝爾納島”
  • Dutch: “Bernard Island”
  • French: “île Claude-Bernard”
  • French: “Île Claude-Bernard”
  • German: “Bernard-Insel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bernard Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île Claude-Bernard”
  • Swedish: “Claude Bernard Island”
  • Swedish: “Claude Bernard”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Aérodrome Dumont-d’Urville and Mont Cervin.

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