68°06′S 68°52′W
Faure Islands
The Faure Islands (68° 06' S, 68° 52' W) are an archipelago west of Palmer Land in Antarctica.
Overview
The Faure Islands (68° 06' S, 68° 52' W) are an archipelago west of Palmer Land in Antarctica.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands8
- Minor islands0
- Islets7
- Rocks & skerries1
Major islands
Dismal Island
- Area
- 0.68 km²
- High point
- 45 m
9 kilometres (1 nmi) long and 60 metres (200 ft) high, which is mainly ice covered and is the largest of the Faure Islands, lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. The Faure Islands were discovered and first charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.55 km²
- High point
- 37 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.17 km²
- High point
- 35 m
Dion Islands
- Area
- 0.16 km²
- High point
- 32 m
Pipkin Rock
- Area
- 0.14 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Pipkin Rock is a small ice-free island, lying northeast of Dismal Island in the Faure Islands, Marguerite Bay. The Faure Islands were discovered and first charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot.
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- High point
- 24 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- High point
- 22 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.1 km²
- High point
- 17 m
Islets
- Unnamed island14 m · 0.1 km²
- Unnamed island20 m · 0.1 km²
- Unnamed island21 m · 0.09 km²
- Unnamed island0.08 km²
- Unnamed island18 m · 0.08 km²
- Unnamed island12 m · 0.07 km²
- Unnamed island21 m · 0.06 km²
Rocks & skerries
- Lurker Rock—
Figures
Comparative heights
- Dismal: 45 m
- Dion Islands: 32 m
- Pipkin Rock: 14 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Dismal Island | 0.68 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.55 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.17 km² |
| Dion Islands | 0.16 km² |
| Pipkin Rock | 0.14 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.13 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.13 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.09 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |