Perce Point
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 5 ′ S , 74 ° 40 ′ W | |
| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| coast | Beethoven Peninsula | |
| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Waters 2 | Couperin Bay | |
The Perce Point is a low and icy headland on the south coast of the Beethoven Peninsula of West Antarctic Alexander Island . It is located 19 km west-southwest of Berlioz Point , with which it marks the entrance to Couperin Bay .
The pilots Ashley Clinton Snow Jr. (1906–1975) and Earle Baker Perce (1910–1968) discovered them together with the photographer Arthur James Carroll (1907–1992) during a flight over Stonington Island on December 22, 1940 as part of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941). The headland, originally named Cape Perce, is named after Earle Perce.
Web links
- Perce Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Perce Point on geographic.org (English)