Quinton Point
| Quinton Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 19 ′ S , 63 ° 40 ′ W | |
| location | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| coast | Goths Peninsula | |
| Waters | Perrier Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Southern ocean | |
The Quinton Point ( French Pointe Quinton ) is a headland on the northwest coast of the Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the north side of the entrance to Perrier Bay .
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped them. Charcot named it after the French naturalist René Quinton (1866–1925).
Web links
- Quinton Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Quinton Point on geographic.org (English)