Gauthier Point () is a point which forms the northern extremity of

Doumer Island Doumer Island is an island long and wide, surmounted by a snow-covered pyramidal peak, , lying between the south portions of Anvers Island and Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was first seen by the Belgian Antarctic ...

in the

Palmer Archipelago Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anver ...

. 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 fabl ...

, 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-Bap ...

, who named it for François Gauthier, builder of the expedition ships ''Français'' and ''

Pourquoi-Pas Pourquoi Pas (from French ''pourquoi pas?'' 'why not?') may refer to: * , the name of several ships * Pourquoi Pas Island, an island of Antarctica * Pourquoi Pas Point, a headland of Antarctica * ''Pourquoi pas!'' (''Why Not!''), a 1977 French film ...

''.

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Headlands of the Palmer Archipelago Doumer Island {{PalmerArchipelago-geo-stub