Cape Charcot
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 26 ′ S , 98 ° 30 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Marie Land , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
The Cape Charcot is a rocky cape at the northeast end of Melba Peninsula on the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie-country . It is about 3 miles west of David Island .
It was discovered during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Mawson named the cape after the French polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936).
Web links
- Cape Charcot in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Charcot on geographic.org (English)