Georges Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 40 ′ S , 62 ° 40 ′ W | |
| location | Rongé Island , West Antarctica | |
| Waters | Errera Canal | |
The Georges Point ( French Cap Georges ) is a headland that forms the northern end of the Rongé Island off the Danco coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located west of the Arctowski Peninsula .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899), led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery, discovered and mapped it on February 3, 1898. De Gerlache probably named it after Georges Lecointe (1869–1929), the captain of his research vessel Belgica . In the course of surveying work by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided in 1959 to have an adapted translation of the name into English, which better corresponds to the nature of the geographical object.
Web links
- Georges Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Georges Point on geographic.org (English)