Monflier Point
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 55 ′ S , 66 ° 2 ′ W | |
| location | Rabot Island ( Biscoe Islands ) | |
| Waters | Rodman Passage | |
| Waters 2 | Caleta Manterola | |
The Monflier Point ( French Cap Monflier ) is a headland that forms the southwestern end of Rabot Island in the Biscoe Islands archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the southern limit of the Caleta Manterola .
Participants of the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped them. Charcot named it after the French lawyer Georges Monflier, general secretary of the Société de Géographie , who had made the preparations for the reception of Charcot's expedition in Rouen . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated the French name into English in 1959 in an adapted form.
Web links
- Monflier Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Monflier Point on geographic.org (English)