Pourquoi Pas Point
| Pourquoi Pas Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 12 ′ S , 136 ° 11 ′ E | |
| location | Clarie Coast ( Wilkesland ) and Adélieland | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Victor Bay | |
The Pourquoi Pas Point is an icy cape in East Antarctica . It marks the west side of the entrance to Victor Bay on the border between the Clarie coast in Wilkesland and Adélieland to the east .
The cape was mapped during the French Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1950 to 1952, and in 1954 after the research ship Pourquoi Pas? named by the French polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot .
Web links
- Pourquoi Pas Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pourquoi Pas Point on geographic.org (English)