Giard Point
| Giard Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 26 ′ S , 63 ° 48 ′ W | |
| location | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| coast | Obitel Peninsula | |
| Waters | Perrier Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Southern ocean | |
The Giard Point ( French Pointe Giard ) is a headland on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . At the northern end of the Obitel Peninsula , it marks the south side of the entrance to Perrier Bay .
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped them. Charcot named it after the French biologist Alfred Mathieu Giard (1846-1908), who was a member of the committee for the publication of the scientific results of Charcot's research trip. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated the French name into English in 1959.
Web links
- Giard Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Giard Point on geographic.org (English)