Jougla Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 50 ′ S , 63 ° 30 ′ W | |
| location | Wiencke Island ( Palmer Archipelago ) | |
| Waters | Port Lockroy | |
| Waters 2 | Alice Creek | |
The Jougla Point ( French Presqu'île Jougla , Jougla Peninsula ' ) is a headland on the west coast of Wiencke Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . It forms the west side of the entrance to Alice Creek in Port Lockroy .
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot discovered the headland. Charcot thought it was a peninsula and named it accordingly. The namesake is a sponsor of his research trip. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee adapted this designation in 1949 after surveys carried out during Operation Tabarin in 1944 showed that the formation was too small for a peninsula.
Web links
- Jougla Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jougla Point on geographic.org (English)