Coupvent Point

	Coupvent Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	63 ° 16 ′ S , 57 ° 36 ′ W Coordinates: 63 ° 16 ′ S , 57 ° 36 ′ W
location	Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
coast	Trinity Peninsula
Waters	Bransfield Street

The Coupvent Point ( French Roche Coupvent ) is a headland with exposed rock in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends five miles southwest of Lafarge Rocks on the Trinity Peninsula coast north to Bransfield Strait .

The name goes back to the French navigator and polar explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville during the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840). It is named after the future admiral Auguste Élie Aimé Coupvent-Desbois (1814–1892), officer on board the Zélée and later the astrolabe on this expedition. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee converted the name into English on February 12, 1964, taking into account the actual nature of this geographic object.

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