_hovering_Oct_2011_Karnataka_Pelagic_Udupi.jpg) Wilson's storm petrels breed in the islands | |
  Curzon Islands Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 66°46′S 141°35′E / 66.767°S 141.583°E |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
The Curzon Islands are a small group of rocky islands lying close off Cape Découverte, Adélie Coast. They were probably sighted in January 1840 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, though not identified as islands on d'Urville's maps. The islands were roughly charted in 1912 by Captain J.K. Davis of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition ship Aurora and named by Mawson for Lord Curzon, the President of the Royal Geographical Society, 1911–14. The islands were mapped in detail by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1950–52.[1][2]
- ^ "Curzon Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ^ "Curzon Islands". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 488. Retrieved 2011-12-11.