Claude Point () is a headland which forms the south side of the entrance to
Guyou Bay on the west side of
Brabant Island, in the
Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
First expedition
In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fable ...
, under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (15 July 1867 – 16 September 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).
Life
Jean-Ba ...
, who named it for Monsieur Claude, an associate member of the
Bureau des Longitudes
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Maps
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory.Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands.Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.
Further reading
* Defense Mapping Agency 1992,
Sailing Directions (planning Guide) and (enroute) for Antarctica', P 341
External links
Claude Pointon
USGS
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Claude Pointon
SCAR
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References
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Headlands of the Palmer Archipelago
Brabant Island
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