Cape LeBlanc
| Cape LeBlanc | ||
 Map of Thurston Island with Cape LeBlanc (top center) |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 44 ′ S , 98 ° 46 ′ W | |
| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| coast | Noville peninsula | |
| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
The Cape LeBlanc is an icy cape at the north end of Noville Peninsula in the north of Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It is also the northernmost point of the island.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2003 after Ralph Paul LeBlanc (1921-1994), commander on board a Martin PBM Mariner during Operation Highjump (1946-1947), which crashed on December 30, 1946 on the Noville Peninsula. LeBlanc was one of six survivors of the nine-man crew rescued on January 12, 1947.
Web links
- Cape LeBlanc in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape LeBlanc on geographic.org (English)