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Cuverville island on the West coast of the Antarctic Peninsula was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-1899. The leader of that expedition, Adrien de Gerlache, named the island after Jules de Cuverville, vice-admiral of the French Navy. The strait where the island lies is named after Gerlache himself. The bay of the islandContinue reading “Cuverville Island, Antarctica”