Joinville Island group

The Joinville Islands are a group of islands off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula; inform the islands are only separated by the Antarctic Sound.

  • Ile Joinville - located at 63 ° 15 ' S, 55 ° 45 ' W - 63.25 - 55.75; the largest of the islands.
  • Ile d' Urville - just north of the Ile Joinville location divided by the Larsen - channel; the northernmost of the islands (63 ° 5 ' S, 56 ° 20' W 63.083333333333 56.333333333333 - ).
  • Dundee Iceland
  • Paulet Iceland
  • Bransfield Iceland

The Joinville Islands were discovered in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d' Urville.

  • Uninhabited islands
  • Archipelago ( Antarctica )
  • Archipelago ( Southern Ocean)
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