Darboux Island
Darboux Island is an island 1 nautical mile long rising to 270 metres, lying 3 nautical miles west of Cape Perez off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Jean Gaston Darboux, the noted French mathematician.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Darboux Island
- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Graham Land, Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Darboux Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Darboux Island”
- Chinese: “達布島”
- Dutch: “Darboux Island”
- German: “Darboux-Insel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Darboux Island”
- Spanish: “Darboux, Isla”
- Swedish: “Darboux Island”
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