Pelletan Point
| Pelletan Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 6 ′ S , 63 ° 2 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Bahía Pelletan | |
| Waters 2 | Bahía Wilson | |
The Pelletan Point is a long and narrow headland at the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 5 km south of the Briand Fjord at the head of the Flanders Bay and separates the Bahía Pelletan in the south from the Bahía Wilson in the north.
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot made a mapping. Charcot named the bays north and south of the headland in their sum as Baie Pelletan . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred this designation to the headland described here in 1960, since the bays mentioned do not represent a common structure. It is named after the French politician Charles Camille Pelletan (1846–1915), French Minister of the Navy from 1902 to 1905.
Web links
- Pelletan Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pelletan Point on geographic.org (English)