Rocher Jakobsen
| Rocher Jakobsen | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 40 ′ S , 140 ° 0 ′ E | |
| location | Pétrel Island , Géologie Archipelago | |
| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| height | 4 m | |
The Rocher Jakobsen ( French ) is a headland with a steep cliff on the west coast of the Pétrel Island in the Géologie Archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland .
French scientists named them after the Norwegian Guttorm Jakobsen (1911-1995), captain of the research vessel Norsel in the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949-1952) and in two French Antarctic expeditions (1955-1956, 1956-1957).
Web links
- Jakobsen, Rocher in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)