Rozo Point
| Rozo Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 4 ′ S , 64 ° 2 ′ W | |
| location | Cholet Island ( Wilhelm Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Libois Bay | |
The Rozo Point ( French Pointe Rozo ) is a headland that forms the northwestern end of Cholet Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located just north of the northwestern section of Booth Island .
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) discovered them. The expedition leader and polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot named it after the cook of his research ship Français . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the name into English in 1952
Web links
- Rozo Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rozo Point on geographic.org (English)