Duroch Islands
Islands of Antarctica
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::summary Islands of Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Duroch Islands |
| map | Antarctica |
| map_caption | Location in Antarctica |
| location | Antarctica |
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| name = Duroch Islands | image_name = | image_caption = | map = Antarctica | map_caption = Location in Antarctica | nickname = | location = Antarctica | coordinates = | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | population = | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | country = | treaty_system = The Duroch Islands () are a group of islands and rocks which extend over an area of about 3 nmi, centred about 1 nmi off Cape Legoupil on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. The islands are close to Chile's Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme at Cape Legoupil.
Location
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The Duroch Islands lie off the Schmidt Peninsula at the east end of Huon Bay on the north shore of Trinity Peninsula, which itself is the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They are in the Bransfield Strait. The Mott Snowfield is to the east and the Laclavère Plateau to the south. The main features are Kopaitic Island, Largo Island and the Wisconsin Islands. Nearby features include Bulnes Island and Link Island.
Discovery and name
The Duroch Islands were discovered by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837–40, who gave the name "Rocher Duroch" to one of the larger islands in the group. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), which charted the islands in 1946, recommended that the name Duroch be extended to include the entire group of islands. They are named for Ensign Joseph Duroch of d'Urville's expedition ship, the Astrolabe.
Important Bird Area
The island group has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support breeding colonies of several penguin species, including Adélies (800 pairs), chinstraps (9400 pairs) and gentoos (3500 pairs).
Western features
Island, rocks and other features include, from southwest to northeast: The level-3 headings in the list below are the targets of redirects, e.g. #redirect Duroch Islands#González Anchorage. If you choose to convert the list to a more compact form, please keep the targets as anchors, for example
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Romero Rock
González Anchorage
Saavedra Rock
Gándara Island
Kopaitic Island
Gutiérrez Reef
Central features
Acuña Rocks
Vidaurre Rock
Labbé Rock
Rosa Rock
Agurto Rock
Silvia Rock
Largo Island
Eastern features
Ortiz Island
Ponce Island
Cohen Islands
Pebbly Mudstone Island
Halpern Point
Wisconsin Islands
Outlying islands
Bulnes Island
Link Island
Montravel Rock
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/duroch-islands-iba-antarctica |ref= |title=Duroch Islands |access-date=2020-06-30 |work=BirdLife Data zone: Important Bird Areas |publisher=BirdLife International |date=2020}}
- {{citation |url=https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/7696/ |accessdate=2024-05-03 |title=Graham Land and South Shetland Islands |publisher=BAS: British Antarctic Survey |year=2005 |ref= }}
- {{citation |publisher=Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey |year=1996 |archivedate= 23 September 2015 |title=Trinity Peninsula |type=Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697 |ref= |url=http://www.bkg.bund.de/nn_193194/DE/Bundesamt/Downloads/Kostenlose-Karten/Antarktis-Karten/Satellitenbildkarten/Scale250/Daten/Trinity-Peninsula,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Trinity-Peninsula.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923191640/http://www.bkg.bund.de/nn_193194/DE/Bundesamt/Downloads/Kostenlose-Karten/Antarktis-Karten/Satellitenbildkarten/Scale250/Daten/Trinity-Peninsula,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Trinity-Peninsula.pdf}}
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