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Rostand Island is a rocky island 400 m long and 200 m south-east of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago of Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Jean Rostand, noted French biologist.

It is the site of the rock dome Tour de Pise.

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

A site cluster in the heart of the Géologie Archipelago, south and east, and in the immediate vicinity, of Petrel Island and Dumont d'Urville Station, comprises Rostand, Le Mauguen, Claude Bernard and Lamarck Islands, Bon Docteur Nunatak, and a breeding site of emperor penguins on the intervening sea ice. The site is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.120. It was designated as such because it contains representative examples of terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems. Apart from the emperor penguin colony, the only one of about 30 in Antarctica that lies close to a permanent research station, birds nesting in the area include Adélie penguins, Antarctic skuas, Wilson's storm petrels, southern giant petrels, snow petrels and Cape petrels. Weddell seals also occur there.[1]

See also

• La Molaire, a rocky hill on the west side of Rostand Island
• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References

External links

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Rostand Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 

На других языках

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[de] Rostand-Insel

Die Rostand-Insel (französisch Île Jean Rostand) ist eine kleine, 330 m lange Felseninsel vor der Küste des ostantarktischen Adélielands. Sie liegt 170 m südöstlich der Pétrel-Insel im Géologie-Archipel.

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- [en] Rostand Island

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[fr] Île Jean-Rostand

L'île Jean-Rostand est un îlot revendiquée par la France située dans l'archipel de Pointe Géologie et faisant partie du district de La Terre-Adélie des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF).

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