Sonia Point
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 5 ′ S , 63 ° 29 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Bay of Flanders | |
| Waters 2 | Lauzanne Cove | |
The Sonia Point ( French Pointe Sonia ) is a headland at the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is 10 km west of Rahir Point and marks the western boundary of the entrance to Lauzanne Cove on the south bank of the Bay of Flanders .
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot carried out the first mapping. Charcot named the headland after Sonia Bunau-Varilla (née Brunhoff), a sponsor of the research trip. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the French name to English on September 23, 1960.
Web links
- Sonia Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sonia Point on geographic.org (English)