Rouch Point
| Rouch Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 10 ′ S , 64 ° 10 ′ W | |
| location | Petermann Island ( Wilhelm Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | French passage | |
The Rouch Point ( French Pointe Rouch ) is a headland that forms the northwestern extension of Petermann Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) were the first to map the headland. The expedition leader and polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot named it after Jules Alfred Pierre Rouch (1884–1973), who was involved in work on meteorology , atmospheric electricity and oceanography on this research trip. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the French name to English in 1959.
Web links
- Rouch Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rouch Point on geographic.org (English)