Geologie Archipelago is a small archipelago of rocky islands and rocks close north of Cape Geodesie

Cape Geodesie

Cape Geodesie is a low, ice-covered point marked by prominent rock outcrops at its northeast end, lying 3 nautical miles northwest of the mouth of Astrolabe Glacier. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47...

 and Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, extending from Helene Island

Helene Island

Helene Island is a small rocky island 0.2 nautical miles northwest of Ifo Island marking the west end of Geologie Archipelago. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and named by them for one of the French...

 on the west to Dumoulin Islands

Dumoulin Islands

Dumoulin Islands is a small group of rocky islands at the northeast end of the Geologie Archipelago, 2.5 nautical miles north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. A French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville landed on one of these islands in 1840...

 on the east. The French

The French

The French are a British rock band, formed by Darren Hayman and John Morrison after the band Hefner declared an indefinite hiatus. Musically there is a specific continuity between Hefner and The French, which is manifested not only in the lyrics and compositions but also in the use of vintage drum...

 expedition under Captain Jules Dumont

Jules Dumont

Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 15 June 1943.Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the Commune de Paris Battalion, XIV International Brigade. He was active in the French Resistance in the Second...

 d'Urville landed on Debarquement Rock

Debarquement Rock

Debarquement Rock is an ice-free rock 0.1 miles long marking the north end of the Dumoulin Islands and the northeast end of Geologie Archipelago...

 in the Dumoulin Islands in January 1840. Because rock samples were obtained, they gave the name "Pointe Geologie" to a coastal feature charted as lying south of Debarquement Rock. The archipelago was delineated, in part, from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Following surveys by 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....

parties during the 1950-52 period, the French gave the name "Archipel de Pointe Geologie" to the entire archipelago, as d'Urville's coastal feature is believed to correlate with portions of the cluster of islands close north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue.