Cap des Éléphants
| Cap des Éléphants | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 40 ′ S , 140 ° 0 ′ E | |
| location | Pétrel Island , Géologie Archipelago , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
The Cap des Éléphants ( French ) is a cape at the southwest end of the Pétrel Island in the Géologie Archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is an extensive, relatively flat and pebbly area that is flanked to the west by some small and rocky headlands.
French scientists named it in 1958 after the elephant seals often found here .
Web links
- Éléphants, Cap des in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)