Liouville Point
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 10 ′ S , 64 ° 8 ′ W | |
| location | Petermann Island ( Wilhelm Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Penola Strait | |
The Liouville Point ( French Pointe Liouville ) is a headland that forms the northeastern end of Petermann Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) discovered the headland. The expedition leader and polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot named them after Jacques Liouville (1879-1960), doctor and zoologist on this research trip . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this name into English in 1959.
Web links
- Liouville Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Liouville Point on geographic.org (English)