Cuverville Island
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Cuverville Island or Île de Cavelier de Cuverville is a dark, rock
Rock (geology)
In geology, rock or stone is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock. In general rocks are of three types, namely, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic...

y island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 lying in Errera Channel
Errera Channel
Errera Channel is a channel between the west coast of Graham Land and Rongé Island. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–1899, under Gerlache, who named this feature for Leo Errera, professor at the University of Brussels and a member of the Belgica Commission....

 between Arctowski Peninsula
Arctowski Peninsula
The Arctowski Peninsula is a peninsula, long in a north-south direction, lying between Andvord Bay and Wilhelmina Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache. The name, for Henryk Arctowski of that expedition, was...

 and the northern part of Rongé Island
Rongé Island
Rongé Island or Curville Island or De Rongé Island or Isla Curville or Rouge Island is a high, rugged island long, the largest island of the group which forms the west side of Errera Channel, off the west coast of Graham Land. Rongé Island is located at...

, off the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. Cuverville Island is located at 64°41′S 62°38′W. Cuverville Island was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...

 (1897–1899) under Adrien de Gerlache
Adrien de Gerlache
Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery was an officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899.-His early years:...

, who named it for J.M.A. Cavelier de Cuverville (1834–1912), a vice admiral of the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...

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In summer Cuverville is often home to a well-sized rookery of gentoo penguin
Gentoo penguin
The Gentoo Penguin , Pygoscelis papua, is easily recognized by the wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head and its bright orange-red bill. The gentoo penguin has pale whitish-pink webbed feet and a fairly long tail - the most prominent tail of all penguins. Chicks have...

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See also

  • Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
  • List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
  • SCAR
    Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
    The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...

  • Territorial claims in Antarctica

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