Duclaux Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 4 ′ S , 62 ° 16 ′ W | |
| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Bouquet Bay | |
The Duclaux Point ( French Pointe Duclaux ) is a headland of the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It protrudes 5 km southeast of Cape Cockburn on the east side of the Pasteur Peninsula into Bouquet Bay .
They were discovered by participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named it after the French biochemist Émile Duclaux (1840-1904), director of the Pasteur Institute in 1895. On September 23, 1960, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated the French name into English.
Web links
- Duclaux Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Duclaux Point on geographic.org (English)