. It is the northernmost island of the Joinville Island group, 17 miles long, lying immediately north of Joinville Island, from which it is separated by Larsen Channel. D'Urville Island is located at . D'Urville Island was charted in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, who named it for Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer who discovered land in the (...)   read more in wikipedia ...