Besnard Point
Besnard Point is a headland which lies at the southeast side of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, and marks the east side of the entrance to Alice Creek, in the Palmer Archipelago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Also known as: “Besnard, punta” and “Punta Besnard”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Goudier Island and Bills Island.
Goudier Island
Islet
Photo: *christopher*, CC BY 2.0.
Goudier Island is a small island with an appearance of bare, polished rock, lying 0.05 nautical miles north of Jougla Point in the harbour of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.
Bills Island
Islet
Bills Island is an island in Antarctica. It lies northeast of Goudier Island in the harbor of Port Lockroy, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered and charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
Woogie Island
Islet
Woogie Island is a small low-lying island in the entrance to Port Lockroy, about 330 meters northwest of Goudier Island, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago.
Besnard Point
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Besnard Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Besnard”
- Dutch: “Besnard”
- German: “Besnard Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Besnard Point”
- Spanish: “Besnard, Punta”
- Spanish: “Punta Besnard”
- Swedish: “Besnard”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alice Creek and Smith Point.
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