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Bon-Docteur, Nunatak du (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bon-Docteur, Nunatak du (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak
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:
Ensemble d'émergences rocheuses en bordure de la calotte glaciaire continentale, sur la rive ouest de la langue glaciaire de l'Astrolabe, au sud de l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; nom donné en souvenir du docteur Jean Cendron, médecin de l'expédition, surnommé le Bon Docteur, qui s'est rendu à cet endroit en juin 1951 pour observer les manchots empereurs.
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