Cape Claude
| Cape Claude | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 7 ′ S , 62 ° 37 ′ W | |
| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Guyou Bay | |
The Cape Claude ( French Pointe Claude ) is a headland which the entrance to Guyou Bay on the west coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula south limited.
The cape was discovered during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of the polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . He named the headland after Auguste Claude (1858–1938), an associate member of the Bureau des Longitudes .
Web links
- Claude Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Claude Point on geographic.org (English)