Chauveau Point
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Chauveau Point French: Pointe Chauveau |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 5 ′ S , 62 ° 3 ′ W | |
| location | Liège Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Bouquet Bay | |
The Chauveau Point ( French Pointe Chauveau ) is a headland that marks the southwestern end of the island of Liège Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago .
The cape was mapped and named during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcots . Charcot named it after A. Benjamin Chauveau from Météo-France in Paris.
Web links
- Chauveau Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chauveau Point on geographic.org (English)