Deliverance Point
Deliverance Point is a rocky point 2.5 nautical miles south of Cape Tuxen on the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and was so named because Charcot and two companions were rescued here after being separated from the ship Pourquoi-Pas? for several days, while on an exploration of the area in a small boat.Places of Interest
Highlights include Demaria, Mount and Lumière Peak.
Demaria, Mount
Peak
Mount Demaria is a mountain with precipitous sides, 635 metres high, rising immediately southeast of Cape Tuxen on the west coast of Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land. Demaria, Mount is situated 2½ km north of Deliverance Point.
Lumière Peak
Peak
Lumière Peak is a peak, 1,065 metres high, standing 3 nautical miles southeast of Cape Tuxen on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Third French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Louis Lumière, a leader in photographic research and development in France at that time.
Deliverance Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Deliverance Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Delivrance”
- Chinese: “迪利弗倫斯角”
- German: “Deliverance Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deliverance Point”
- Spanish: “Delivrance, Punta”
- Swedish: “Delivrance”
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