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Encyclopedia > Joinville Island

Joinville Island is the largest island of the Joinville Island group, about 64 km (40 mi) long in an east-west direction and 20 km (12 mi) wide, lying off the northeastern tip of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Antarctic Sound. Discovered and roughly charted in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for François Ferdinand Philippe Louis Marie, Prince de Joinville (1818-1900), the third son of the Duc d'Orléans.


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Joinville, Jean, sire de, 1224?-1317?, French chronicler, biographer of Louis IX of France (St. Louis).
As seneschal (governor) of Champagne, Joinville was a close adviser to Louis, whom he accompanied (1248-54) on the Seventh Crusade.
Robert Doisneau celebrating his 80th birthday at Joinville Le Pont on the 6th May 1992 with friends and colleagues of the profession.
Joinville Island group - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (133 words)
Joinville Island group is a group of sub-antarctic islands, lying off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which Joinville Island group is separated by the Antarctic Sound.
Joinville Island, being located at 63°15′S 55°45′W, is the largest island of the Joinville Island group.
The Joinville Island group was discovered in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville.
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