Cap André Prud'homme
| Cap André Prud'homme | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 41 ′ S , 139 ° 55 ′ E | |
| location | Geology archipelago | |
| Waters | Baie Pierre Lejay , Lake D'Urville , Southern Ocean | |
The Cap André Prud'homme is a cape in the Géologie archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It protrudes into the Baie Pierre Lejay . The cape is one of the few places in the Géologie archipelago where it is possible to land by ship and access the Antarctic ice sheet .
French scientists made the naming. It is named after the French meteorologist André Prud'homme (1920-1959), who went missing in a snow storm not far from the Cape on January 7, 1959 .
Web links
- André Prud'homme, Cap in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)