Deliverance Point () is a rocky point south of
Cape Tuxen on the west coast of
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee ...
. It was discovered by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several France, French expeditions in Antarctica.
1837–1840
In 1837, during an 1837–1840 Jules Dumont d'Urville#Second voyage of Astrolabe, expedition across the deep southern hemisphere, Captain ...
, under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of Reykjavik, Iceland), was a French scientist, medical doctor ...
, and was so named because Charcot and two companions were rescued here after being separated from the ship
''Pourquoi-Pas?'' for several days, while on an exploration of the area in a small boat.
References
Headlands of Graham Land
Graham Coast
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