Dion Islands
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Dion Islands is a group of small island
s and rocks lying in the north part of Marguerite Bay
, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Cape Alexandra
, Adelaide Island
. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition
, 1908-10, and named by Charcot for the Marquis Albert de Dion
, who donated three motor sledges and whose De Dion-Bouton
works produced equipment for the expedition.
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...
s and rocks lying in the north part of Marguerite Bay
Marguerite Bay
Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. The mainland coast on the Antarctic Peninsula is Fallières Coast. Islands...
, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Cape Alexandra
Cape Alexandra
Cape Alexandra is a cape which forms the northwest extremity of South Georgia. It was named Cape North in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook, but this name has since become established for a cape east-northeast which forms the northernmost point of South Georgia...
, Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island or Isla Adelaida or Isla Belgrano is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The island lies within the Argentine, British and Chilean Antarctic claims, at .Adelaide Island was...
. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
, 1908-10, and named by Charcot for the Marquis Albert de Dion
Albert de Dion
Marquis Jules Félix Philippe Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France.-His life:...
, who donated three motor sledges and whose De Dion-Bouton
De Dion-Bouton
De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer and railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932. The company was founded by the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, Georges Bouton and his brother-in-law Charles Trépardoux....
works produced equipment for the expedition.