Cape Roux
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 1 ′ S , 62 ° 29 ′ W | |
| location | Brabant Island ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
The Cape Roux ( French Cap E. Roux ) is a cape in the northwest of the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the northwest end of the Pasteur Peninsula .
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot discovered it. Charcot named the cape after the French medic and bacteriologist Émile Roux (1853–1933).
Web links
- Cape Roux in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Roux on geographic.org (English)