Français Cove
| Français Cove | ||
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| Waters | Port Charcot | |
| Land mass | Booth Island , Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 3 '54 " S , 64 ° 1' 48" W | |
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The Français Cove ( French Anse Français ) is a small bay at the northern end of Booth Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is on the west side of Port Charcot .
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 his research ship Français , which anchored in Port Charcot in the Antarctic winter of 1904. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the French name to English in 1952.
Web links
- Français Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Français Cove on geographic.org (English)