Paumelle Point
| Paumelle Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 4 ′ S , 64 ° 3 ′ W | |
| location | Booth Island ( Wilhelm Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Libois Bay | |
The Paumelle Point ( French Pointe Paumelle ) is a headland that forms the northwestern end of a peninsula on the western foothills of Booth Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It also marks the south side of the entrance to Libois Bay .
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) were the first to map them. The expedition leader and polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot named it after Robert Paumelle, steward of his research vessel Français .
Web links
- Paumelle Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Paumelle Point on geographic.org (English)