Bongrain Point

	Bongrain Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	67 ° 43 ′ S , 67 ° 45 ′ W Coordinates: 67 ° 43 ′ S , 67 ° 45 ′ W
location	Pourquoi-Pas Island , West Antarctica
Waters	Marguerite Bay
Waters 2	Dalgliesh Bay

The Bongrain Point is a headland on the west coast of Pourquoi Pas Island west of Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the south side of the entrance to Dalgliesh Bay .

A first survey was made in 1936 by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . Another survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey followed in 1948 . The latter named the headland after Maurice Bongrain (1879-1951), deputy head of the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of the polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot , who carried out the first surveys in this area.

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