Biscoe Point
| Biscoe Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 49 ′ S , 63 ° 48 ′ W | |
| location | nameless island in Biscoe Bay , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Hewitt Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Biscoe Bay | |
The Biscoe Point is the rocky Western Cape a small island on the southeast side of Biscoe Bay just north of the access point on the south side of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago and about 6 km southwest of Mount William .
The cape was first mapped during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcots . Charcot thought the cape was a peninsula and named it Presqu'île de Biscoe after the navigator and explorer John Biscoe (1794–1843), who is said to have gone ashore in 1832 not far from the cape. A survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955 showed that Charcot's discovery could lead to two capes. The name Biscoe Point was carried over to the larger of the two.
Because of its unique plant community from Antarctic Schmiele , Antarctic Perlwurz and numerous mosses and lichens , a 59-hectare area at Biscoe Point for was particularly protected area of Antarctica no. 139 ( Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 139 ) explains.
Web links
- Biscoe Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Biscoe Point on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biscoe Point, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago (PDF; 2.28 MB), Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 139, accessed on June 27, 2016