Duthiers Point () forms the south side of the entrance to
Andvord Bay
Andvord Bay () is a bay-like fjord, long and wide, which lies between Beneden Head and Duthiers Point along the west coast of Graham Land.
It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache, and named by ...
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 and ...
. It was discovered by the
Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under
Gerlache
Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (; 2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99.
Early years
Born in Hasselt in eastern Belgium as ...
, who named it "Cap Lacaze-Duthiers" for
Félix Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers, a French naturalist and authority on the anatomy of mollusks.
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References
Headlands of Graham Land
Danco Coast
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