
Cape Dubouzet () is a cape that marks the northeastern extremity of
Trinity Peninsula and the
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...
. It is situated north by west of
Sheppard Point, northeast of
Vishegrad Knoll, east-southeast of
Prime Head
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, east-southeast of
Siffrey Point, and west-southwest of
Archibald Point,
Bransfield Island
Bransfield Island is an island nearly long, lying southwest of D'Urville Island off the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula. The name "Point Bransfield", after Edward Bransfield, Master, Royal Navy, was given in 1842 by a British expediti ...
.
The point was charted in 1838 by a
French expedition under Captain
Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Lieutenant
Joseph DuBouzet of the expedition ship ''Zélée''. The approved spelling form has been established by usage.
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References
Headlands of Trinity Peninsula
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