Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (French pronunciation: [ʒyl dymɔ̃ dyʁvil]; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who...
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archipelago of Pointe-Géologie in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, whose expedition landed on Débarquement Rock in the Dumoulin Islands...
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Originally named Coquille, she is famous for her travels with Jules Dumont d'Urville. The name derives from an early navigational instrument, the astrolabe...
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Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842) was a French explorer and naval officer. Dumont d'Urville may also refer to: French aviso Dumont d'Urville, a Bougainville-class...
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Lycée Dumont d'Urville may refer to the following French schools: Lycée Dumont d'Urville (Caen) in Caen Lycée Dumont d'Urville (Maurepas, Yvelines) Lycée...
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South Island of New Zealand. It was named after the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville. With an area of approximately 150 square kilometres (58 sq mi)...
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Dorothée Dumont d'Urville (née Pépin, also spelled as Adélie [citation needed], 1798 – 8 May 1842) was the wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, after...
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after the French navigator Jules Dumont d'Urville by Julius von Haast. Brown and rainbow trout can be fished in the D'Urville River. A tramping track runs...
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in 1994. Prud'Homme and Dumont d'Urville are the only currently remaining active stations. Discovery by Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1840 Rocks brought back...
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was renamed Le Dumont-d'Urville, after Jules Dumont d'Urville, another explorer and naval officer. Built by VARD, Le Dumont-d'Urville had her hull constructed...
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is named after the French explorer and officer Jules Dumont d'Urville. "Marine Regions · Dumont d'Urville Sea (Sea)". www.marineregions.org. Retrieved 2023-01-17...
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Adélie Land, in turn, named for Adèle Dumont d'Urville, who was married to French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, who first discovered this penguin in...
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(in French, Mélanésie) was first used in 1832 by French navigator Jules Dumont d'Urville: he coined the terms Melanesia and Micronesia to go alongside the...
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D'Urville or d'Urville is a French family name, notably that of explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790 – 1842) who gave his name to many places and objects...
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urvilleanum commemorates the 19th-century French explorer and botanist Jules Dumont d'Urville. Growing to 3–6 m (10–20 ft) tall by 2–3 m (7–10 ft) wide, it is...
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on the discovery of the coastline in 1840 by the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it after his wife, Adèle. He erected the French flag...
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to set off in 1837 was a French expedition led by naval officer Jules Dumont d'Urville. After reaching the Antarctic Circle, Astrolabe and Zélée sailed...
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Dumont is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adèle Dumont d'Urville (1798–1842), wife of Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named Adélie...
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be discovered, in 1840 by the French during an expedition led by Jules Dumont d'Urville, who would later have a research station on the island named after...
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originally applied it to all the islands of the Pacific. In 1831, Jules Dumont d'Urville proposed a narrower definition during a lecture at the Société de...
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causing between 52 and 200 deaths, including that of explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville. The derailment led the French to abandon the practice of locking...
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subantarctic outlying islands, and is named after French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville. It rises to a height of 630 m (2099 ft). It stands in the southeast...
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Micronesia was in 1521, when Magellan expedition landed in the Marianas. Jules Dumont d'Urville is usually credited with coining the term "Micronesia" in 1832,...
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Joinville Island group (section D'Urville Island)
by the SwedAE under Otto Nordenskjöld, who named it for Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer who discovered land in the Joinville Island group...
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name for the plant was based on Tahitian specimens collected by Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1824. Hence the scientific name of Gardenia taitensis, and the...
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to 1820, and on the Astrolabe (1826–1829) under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville. In July 1823 he and Gaimard presented a paper to the Académie royale...
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Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1837-40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville. Named in 1977 by the UK-APC after Sir Christopher (Sydney) Cockerell...
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Lafond Bay are to the southwest. A French expedition under Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837–40, originally gave the name Huon to a cape in this area after...
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Expedition (SwedAE) under Otto Nordenskiöld, who named it for Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer who discovered land in the Joinville Island group...
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Jules Dumont d'Urville's original "Cap Marescot," named after Jacques Marescot du Thilleul (1808–39), an ensign on the Astrolabe during d'Urville's expedition...
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