Rahir Point
| Rahir Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 5 ′ S , 63 ° 14 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Bay of Flanders | |
| Waters 2 | Thomson Cove | |
The Rahir Point ( French Cap Rahir ) is a headland at the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Bay of Flanders , it marks the northeastern end of a peninsula immediately north of Thomson Cove .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899), led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery , did the first mapping and naming. It is probably named after the Belgian geographer Maurice Rahir (1862–1935), librarian and later General Secretary of the Société Royale Belge de Géographie . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the French name to English on September 23, 1960.
Web links
- Rahir Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rahir Point on geographic.org (English)