Libois Bay
| Libois Bay | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Cholet Island , Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Libois Bay ( French Baie Libois ) is a small bay on the west side of the Cholet Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Rozo Point , the northwest end of Cholet Island, and Paumelle Point , the northwest end of Booth Island .
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) were the first to map the bay. The expedition leader and polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot named it after F. Libois, second mechanic and carpenter of the research vessel Français .
Web links
- Libois Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Libois Bay on geographic.org (English)