Antarctica

Pourquoi Pas Point

Pourquoi Pas is an ice-covered point which forms the west side of the entrance to in . It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1950–1952, and named in 1954 after the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas.
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: headland
  • Also known as: “Pourquoi Pas, Pointe du” and “Pourquoi Pas?, Pointe du”

Pourquoi Pas Point

Latitude
-66.2° or 66° 12′ south
Longitude
136.18333° or 136° 11′ east
Open location code
3Q5RQ5XM+X8
Geo­Names ID
6623546
Wiki­data ID
Q785228
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Satellite Map

Discover Pourquoi Pas Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pourquoi Pas Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pourquoi Pas Point”
  • Chinese: “普爾夸帕角”
  • Dutch: “Pourquoi Pas Point”
  • French: “Pointe du Pourquoi-Pas ?”
  • German: “Pourquoi Pas Point”
  • Hebrew: “נקודת פורקווה פה”
  • Italian: “Punta Pourquoi Pas”
  • Italian: “Punto Pourquoi Pas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pointe du Pourquoi-Pas?”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pourquoi Pas Point”
  • Polish: “Pourquoi Pas Point”
  • Slovak: “Bod Pourquoi Pas”
  • Swedish: “Pourquoi Pas Point”

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Highlights include Pourquoi Pas Glacier Tongue and Pourquoi Pas Glacier.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pourquoi Pas Point”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.