Moureaux Point
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Moureaux Point Cape Moureaux , Pointe Moureaux , Punta Moureaux |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 57 ′ S , 61 ° 49 ′ W | |
| location | Liège Island , Palmer Archipelago , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Croker Passage | |
The Moureaux Point (also known as Cape Moureaux , Pointe Moureaux and Punta Moureaux ) is a cape in Antarctica Palmer Archipelago . It forms the northern foothills of Liège Island .
The landmark was mapped during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905). Its head, the French polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot , named the cape after Claude-Théodule-Hirman Moureaux (1842-1919), director of the observatory in Parc Saint-Maur near Paris.
Web links
- Moureaux Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Moureaux Point on geographic.org (English)