Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Driencourt Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Driencourt Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
W coast of Brabant Island, was charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Pointe Driencourt after Joseph-Fernand-Ludovic Driencourt (b.1858), French engineer who advised on the hydrographic equipment of FAE (Charcot, 1906b, p.470). Cap Driencourt (Matha and Rey, 1911, Pl. 3). Cape Driencourt (USHO, 1943, p.121). Cabo Driencourt (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.323; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.105). The point was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Driencourt Point (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961).
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