Ifo Island is a low rocky 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...

 0.2 miles (0.3 km) southeast of 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...

 at the west end of Geologie Archipelago

Geologie Archipelago

Geologie Archipelago is a small archipelago of rocky islands and rocks close north of Cape Geodesie and Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, extending from Helene Island on the west to Dumoulin Islands on the east. The French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville landed on Debarquement Rock in the...

. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted and named 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....

under Liotard, 1949-51. Ifo is the phonetic spelling of "il faut," a much-used expression by the French Antarctic Expedition meaning "one (you) must."