Montrol Rock (62°58′S 56°21′W / 62.967°S 56.350°W / -62.967; -56.350) is the largest of a group of rocks lying east of Cape Juncal, D'Urville Island, in the Joinville Island group of Antarctica. It was discovered by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837–40, and named after François Mongin de Montrol, a French journalist and politician.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Montrol Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-11-01.

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