Poste Point
| Poste Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 5 ′ S , 64 ° 1 ′ W | |
| location | Booth Island ( Wilhelm Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Salpêtrière Bay | |
The Poste Point ( French Pointe Poste ) is a headland on the west coast of Booth Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the southern boundary of the Salpêtrière Bay .
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) were the first to map the headland. The expedition leader and polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot named it after Louis-Émile Poste (1876 – unknown), a stoker on his research ship Français .
Web links
- Poste Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Post Point on geographic.org