Cape Ducorps
| Cape Ducorps | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 23 ′ S , 58 ° 9 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Trinity Peninsula | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Huon Bay | |
Cape Ducorps is a cape on the northwest side of the Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located at the northern end of the Cockerell Peninsula and forms the southwest boundary of the entrance to Huon Bay .
Participants of the French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840) under the direction of Jules Dumont d'Urville discovered it. It is named after Louis Jacques Ducorps (1811-1892) who took part in this research trip.
Web links
- Cape Ducorps in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Ducorps on geographic.org (English)
- Cape Ducorps ( memento of March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) on a topographic map of the Trinity Peninsula, Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 460 (English).