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)
Douanier Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Douanier Rock (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock (2b)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A small rocky island lying close to the coast and just east of Point Alden, the point which separates Adelie Coast and George V Coast. Discovered and named "Rocher du Douanier" by the 1949 French expedition under Andre Liotard. The name is whimsical. It alludes to the coastal division and the proximity of this island.
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