English Explanatory Dictionary

Desolation Islands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Kerguelen Islands.

Word forms

Desolation Islands the Desolation Islands

Etymology

Coined by British explorer James Cook in 1776, after the description of the islands left by Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, who discovered the islands in 1772. Cook preferred the alternate name Kerguelen Islands instead of Desolation Islands.

Synonyms

Kerguelen Islands
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