Antarctica

Gourdin Island

Gourdin Island is the largest island in a group of islands and rocks 2 km north of , the northern tip of the . It was discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Ensign Jean Gourdin of the expedition ship Astrolabe.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Gourdin, islotes”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Column Rock.

Peak
Prime Head is a prominent snow-covered headland which forms the north extremity of the .

Gourdin Island

Latitude
-63.19669° or 63° 11′ 48″ south
Longitude
-57.30931° or 57° 18′ 34″ west
Open location code
3884RM3R+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6579243559
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
6634074
Wiki­data ID
Q5588408
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gourdin Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Gourdin (pulo sa Antarctica)”
  • Cebuano: “Gourdin”
  • Chinese: “古爾丹島”
  • Dutch: “Gourdin Island”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Gourdin”
  • German: “Gourdin-Insel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gourdin Island”
  • Polish: “Gourdin Island”
  • Spanish: “Islote Gourdin”
  • Spanish: “islotes Gourdin”
  • Swedish: “Gourdin Island”
  • Swedish: “Gourdin”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gourdin Island”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.