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Curie Island

Curie Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°39′S 140°3′E / 66.650°S 140.050°E / -66.650; 140.050
Archipelago	Géologie Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Curie Island is a small rocky island near the eastern end of the Géologie Archipelago, lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) southwest of Derby Island, close north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and named by them for the noted French family of physicists and chemists: Pierre Curie and Marie Curie.^[1]

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Curie Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.