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Joinville Island

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Joinville Island is the largest island of the Joinville Island group, about long in an east–west direction and wide, lying off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by the Antarctic Sound. [1]

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  1. 23 relations: Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Sound, Antarctica, British Antarctic Survey, D'Urville Island, Antarctica, Danger Islands, Dundee, Dundee Island, Firth of Tay, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, Graham Land, Instituto Antártico Argentino, James Clark Ross, Joinville Island group, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Louis Philippe I, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Phillip Parker King, Robert FitzRoy, Trinity Peninsula, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, William Brown (admiral), Williwaw.

  2. Islands of the Joinville Island group

Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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Antarctic Sound

The Antarctic Sound is a body of water about long and from wide, separating the Joinville Island group from the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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D'Urville Island, Antarctica

D'Urville Island is the northernmost island of the Joinville Island group in Antarctica. Joinville Island and D'Urville Island, Antarctica are islands of the Joinville Island group.

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Danger Islands

The Danger Islands are a group of islands lying east-south-east of Joinville Island near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Joinville Island and Danger Islands are islands of the Joinville Island group.

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Dundee

Dundee (Dundee; Dùn Dè or Dùn Dèagh) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland.

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Dundee Island

Dundee Island is an ice-covered island lying east of the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and south of Joinville Island, Antarctica. Joinville Island and Dundee Island are islands of the Joinville Island group.

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Firth of Tay

The Firth of Tay (Linne Tatha) is a firth on the east coast of Scotland, into which empties the River Tay (Scotland's largest river in terms of flow).

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François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville

François d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville (14 August 1818 – 16 June 1900) was the third son of Louis Philippe, King of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily.

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Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

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Instituto Antártico Argentino

The Instituto Antártico Argentino (Argentine Antarctic Institute, abbrevriated IAA) is the Argentine federal agency in charge of orientating, controlling, addressing and performing scientific and technical research and studies in the Antarctic.

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James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.

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Joinville Island group

Joinville Island group is a group of antarctic islands, lying off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which Joinville Island group is separated by the Antarctic Sound.

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Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.

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Louis Philippe I

Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.

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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security.

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Phillip Parker King

Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King, FRS, RN (13 December 1791 – 26 February 1856) was an early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts.

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Robert FitzRoy

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist.

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Trinity Peninsula

Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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William Brown (admiral)

William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown or Almirante Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish sailor, merchant, and naval commander who served in the Argentine Navy during the wars of the early 19th century.

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Williwaw

In meteorology, a williwaw (archaic spelling williwau) is a sudden blast of wind descending from a mountainous coast to the sea.

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See also

Islands of the Joinville Island group

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joinville_Island

Also known as Balaena Valley, Boreal Point, Cape Kinnes, Diana Reef, Fitzroy Point, Fliess Bay, Gaviotín Rock, Gibson Bay (Antarctica), Haddon Bay, King Point, Moody Point, Mount Alexander (Antarctica), Mount Percy, Mount Quilmes, Mount Tholus, Nodule Nunatak, Postern Gap, Rockpepper Bay, Saxum Nunatak, Scud Rock, Suspiros Bay, Tay Head, Taylor Nunataks, Williwaw Rocks.