Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Buffon, Îles (toponyme historique) (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Buffon, Îles (toponyme historique) (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from France. It is part of the France Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
(Ancien. Date de suppression: 2009) Deux îles rocheuses contiguës, situées à l'est de l'île des Pétrels, dans la partie centrale de l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; nom donné en l'honneur de l'illustre naturaliste français Geoges Buffon (1707- 1788).
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