the dumont d'urville station () is a french scientific station in antarctica. it is on île des pétrels, archipelago of pointe-géologie in adélie land. it is named after explorer jules dumont d'urville. his expedition landed on débarquement rock in the dumoulin islands at the northeast end of the archipelago on january 21, 1840. the station is run by the "french polar institute paul-émile victor".