Pointe Noire
| Pointe Noire | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 40 ′ S , 140 ° 1 ′ E | |
| location | Pétrel Island , Géologie Archipelago | |
| Waters | Anse du Pré | |
| Waters 2 | Chenal Buffon | |
| height | 3 m | |
The Pointe Noire ( French for Black Headland ) is a small, rocky headland in the south of the Pétrel Island in the Géologie Archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It lies between the Anse du Pré and the Chenal Buffon .
French scholars named it descriptively in 1977.
Web links
- Noire, Pointe in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)