Cape Leguillou
| Cape Leguillou | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 33 ′ S , 59 ° 51 ′ W | |
| location | Tower Island in the Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Mindya Cove | |
Cape Leguillou ( French Cap Leguillou ) is a headland that forms the northern tip of Tower Island at the northeastern end of the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants of the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840) under the direction of polar explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville mapped them for the first time. D'Urville named it after Elie-Jean-François Le Guillou (1806–1855), surgeon on board the ship Zélée on this research trip .
Web links
- Cape Leguillou in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Leguillou on geographic.org (English)