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Ifo Island
Ifo
Island
is a
low
rocky
island
southeast
of
Hélène Island
at the western end of the
Géologie Archipelago
,
Antarctica
. It was
photographed
from the
air
by U.S.
Navy
Operation Highjump
, 1946–47, and was charted and named by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51
, under
André-Frank Liotard
. "Ifo" is an
approximate
phonetic spelling
of "il faut," a much-used
expression
by the French
expedition
meaning "one must."