Cape Rey
| Cape Rey | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 36 ′ S , 66 ° 25 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Loubet coast | |
| Waters | Darbel Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Lallemand Fjord | |
The Cape Rey is a cape made of dark rock on the Loubet coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . At the northwest end of the Pernik Peninsula , it lies between the southwest end of the entrance to Darbel Bay and the northeast end of Lallemand Fjord .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot discovered the cape. Charcot named it after Lieutenant Joseph Jean Justine Rey (1873-1930) of the Marine nationale française , who had participated in Charcot's first Antarctic expedition (1903-1905) as a meteorologist .
Web links
- Cape Rey in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Rey on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Joseph Jean Justine Rey. Information on the homepage of the French Naval School (French, accessed January 3, 2016).