Cape Dumoutier
| Cape Dumoutier | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 35 ′ S , 59 ° 46 ′ W | |
| location | Tower Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Harmanli Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Breste Cove | |
Cape Dumoutier ( French Cap Dumoutier ) is a cape that forms the eastern tip of Tower Island in the Palmer Archipelago northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies north of Breste Cove and south of Harmanli Cove .
The French polar explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville named the cape in the course of the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840). It is named after Pierre Marie Alexandre Dumoutier (1797–1871), a surgeon on this research trip .
Web links
- Cape Dumoutier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Dumoutier on geographic.org (English)