Rosamel Island () is a circular island in diameter with precipitous cliffs of volcanic rock rising to a snow-covered peak high, lying west of Dundee Island in the south entrance to Antarctic Sound. It is part of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group. The island was discovered by the French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for V. Admiral Claude de Rosamel, French Minister of Marine under whose orders the expedition sailed. See also List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands References Islands of the Joinville Island group Volcanic islands Volcanoes of Graham Land