Pointe de l’Arche
Pointe de l’Arche is a locality in French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Pointe de l’Arche is situated nearby to the locality Baie de l’Oiseau, as well as near Cap Français.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kerguelen Arch.
Kerguelen Arch
Peak
The Kerguelen Arch is a former natural arch on the island of Grande Terre in the Kerguelen Islands of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, an archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baie de l’Oiseau and Baie de la Dauphine.
Baie de l’Oiseau
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Baie de l'Oiseau is a natural harbour in the Loranchet Peninsula, in the North-Western part of the island Grande Terre, part of the Kerguelen Islands. It was the landing site of the expedition under Yves de Kerguelen in 1772, and later of the expedition under James Cook in 1776.
Baie de la Dauphine
Locality
Baie de la Dauphine is a natural harbour located on the Loranchet Peninsula, at the north-west of Grande Terre in the Kerguelen Islands. Baie de la Dauphine is situated 3½ km southwest of Pointe de l’Arche.
Port-Christmas
Locality
Port-Christmas is a natural and historical site on the Kerguelen Islands, located at the northern tip of the main island, on the east coast of the Loranchet Peninsula. Port-Christmas is situated 4 km west of Pointe de l’Arche.
Pointe de l’Arche
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Arch Point”, “La Pyramide”, “Pointe du Portail”, and “Torbogenspitze”
- Category: cape
- Location: French Southern and Antarctic Lands
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Latitude
-48.69031° or 48° 41′ 25″ southLongitude
69.07245° or 69° 4′ 21″ eastElevation
102 metres (335 feet)Open location code
4J3F835C+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 6432076250OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
1547199
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In Other Languages
“Pointe de l’Arche” goes by many names.
- French: “Pointe de l’Arche”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cap Français and Cap Ligniville.
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Highlights include Mont Avergal and La Table de l’Oiseau.
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