Gourdin Island

{{short description|Island of Antarctica}}

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Gourdin Island is the largest island (124 ha) in a group of islands and rocks {{convert|1|nmi|km|abbr=on|0|disp=flip}} north of Prime Head, the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Ensign Jean Gourdin of the expedition ship Astrolabe. The island was reidentified and charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1945–47.{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 5890| name = Gourdin Island | access-date = 2012-05-02}}{{cite book |editor-first= Fred G. |editor-last= Alberts |title= Geographic Names of the Antarctic |url= https://archive.org/download/GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic2ndEdition/Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic2ndEdition1995.pdf |access-date= 2012-04-05 |edition= second |date=June 1995 |publisher= United States Board on Geographic Names |page= 288}}