Lécuyer Point
| Lécuyer Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 50 ′ S , 63 ° 30 ′ W | |
| location | Wiencke Island , Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica | |
| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Waters 2 | Port Lockroy | |
The Lécuyer Point ( French Pointe Lécuyer ) is a headland of the Wiencke Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . It forms the south side of the entrance to Port Lockroy .
They were discovered by participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named it after a sponsor of his research trip.
Web links
- Lécuyer Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lécuyer Point on geographic.org (English)