Cap des Phoques-de-Weddel
| Cap des Phoques-de-Weddel | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 40 ′ S , 140 ° 1 ′ E | |
| location | Carrel Island , Géologie Archipelago , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| height | 1 m | |
The Cap des Phoques-de-Weddel ( French for Cape of the Weddell seals ) is a cape on the southeastern foothills of Carrel Island in the Géologie Archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland .
French scientists named it in 1977 after the Weddell seals often found here .
Web links
- Phoques-de-Weddel, Cap des in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)