Name details

Pourquoi-Pas?, Pointe du

Pourquoi-Pas?, Pointe du (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Pourquoi-Pas?, Pointe du  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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France Gazetteer Id 107382

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from France. It is part of the France Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Pointe glaciaire proche de la limite occidentale de la terre Adélie située sur le glacier du Commandant-Charcot au nord-ouest de la langue glaciaire. Nom donné en souvenir du navire polaire français Pourquoi-Pas ?, sur lequel le commandant J. B. Charcot accomplit la plus grande partie de ses campagnes, et qui sombra dans une tempête sur les côtes d'Islande le 16 septembre 1936.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 12' 00.0" S
-66.20000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
136° 45' 00.0" E
136.75000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1954

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