Bongrain Point
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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.
Web links
- Bongrain Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bongrain Point on geographic.org (English)