Wauters Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 6 ′ S , 61 ° 43 ′ W | |
| location | Two Hummock Island ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
The Wauters Point ( French Cap Wauters ) is a headland that forms the northern end of Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped the headland. De Gerlache named it after the Belgian historian and archivist Alphonse Wauters (1817–1898), a sponsor of the research trip . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1960 in an adapted form.
Web links
- Wauters Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wauters Point on geographic.org (English)