Parvenu Point
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 34 ′ S , 67 ° 15 ′ W | |
| location | Pourquoi Pas Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Bigourdan Fjord | |
| Waters 2 | The Narrows | |
The Parvenu Point ( English for upstart point ) is a low but striking headland on the northern foothills of the West Antarctic Pourquoi-Pas Island off the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the southern limit of the entrance from Bigourdan Fjord into the strait The Narrows between Pourquoi-Pas- and Blaiklock-Island .
The first measurements were taken in 1936 by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . In 1948, the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey found, when surveying again, that the headland, viewed from the west, appears much more striking than originally assumed. It owes its name to this fact.
Web links
- Parvenu Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Parvenu Point on geographic.org (English)