Godfroy Point
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 10 ′ S , 64 ° 9 ′ W | |
| location | Petermann Island ( Wilhelm Archipelago ) | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
The Godfroy Point ( French Pointe Godfroy ) is a headland that forms the northern end of Petermann Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) were the first to map the headland. The expedition leader and polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot named it after the hydrograph René-Émile Godfroy (1885–1981), a member of the expedition. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated the French name into English in 1959.
Web links
- Godfroy Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Godfroy Point on geographic.org (English)