Bonnier Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 28 ′ S , 63 ° 56 ′ W | |
| location | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Hamburg harbor | |
| Waters 2 | Southern ocean | |
The Bonnier Point ( French Pointe Bonnier ) is a headland on the northwest coast of the Anvers Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . At the western end of the Obitel peninsula , it marks the north side of the entrance to the Hamburg harbor .
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot made the first mapping. Charcot named the headland after the French zoologist Jules Bonnier (1859-1908) from the Laboratory for Marine Zoology in Wimereux , who set up the research laboratory on Charcot's ship Français .
Web links
- Bonnier Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bonnier Point on geographic.org (English)