Punta Gauthier
| Punta Gauthier | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 14 ′ S , 62 ° 12 ′ W | |
| location | Low Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Osmar Strait | |
Punta Gauthier is a headland at the northern end of Low Island in the South Shetland archipelago .
Argentine scientists named them after François Mathurin Gautier [sic!] (1832–1918), the builder of his expedition ships Français and Pourquoi-Pas? by the French polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot .
Web links
- Gauthier, punta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 611 (English).