Landing Rock
Débarquement Rock is an ice-free rock 200 metres long and 18.7 m high, marking the northern end of the Dumoulin Islands and the north-eastern end of the Géologie Archipelago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Dumoulin Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Debarquement”, “Débarquement”, “Debarquement Rock”, and “Débarquement Rock”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dumont d’Urville Station.
Dumont d’Urville Station
Hamlet
Photo: Ehquionest, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dumont d'Urville Station is a French scientific station in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipelago of Pointe-Géologie in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, whose expedition landed on Débarquement Rock in the Dumoulin Islands at the northeast end of the archipelago on January 21, 1840. Dumont d’Urville Station is situated 7 km southwest of Landing Rock.
Landing Rock
- Categories: island, hill, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-66.60503° or 66° 36′ 18″ southLongitude
140.06379° or 140° 3′ 50″ eastOpen location code
3R5293V7+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 233138640OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q5320178
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Landing Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Débarquement”
- Chinese: “德巴克芒岩”
- Dutch: “Débarquement Rock”
- French: “rocher du Débarquement”
- French: “Rocher du Débarquement”
- German: “Débarquementfelsen”
- German: “Rocher du Débarquement”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Débarquement Rock”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rocher du Débarquement”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rocher du Débarquement”
- Norwegian: “Rocher du Débarquement”
- Swedish: “Débarquement”
- Swedish: “Rocher du Débarquement”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include île Pasteur and Île Curie.
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