Gauthier Point
Gauthier Point is a point which forms the northern extremity of Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for François Gauthier, builder of the expedition ships Français and Pourquoi-Pas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Doumer Hill and Stokes Hill.
Doumer Hill
Peak
Doumer Hill is a snow-covered pyramidal hill, 515 metres high, forming the summit of Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and was named in 1958 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, in association with Doumer Island.
Stokes Hill
Peak
Stokes Hill is a small but prominent rocky peak, 270 m, lying 1 nautical mile southeast of Doumer Hill on Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–05. Stokes Hill is situated 4 km southeast of Gauthier Point.
Boogie Island
Islet
Boogie Island is a small, low-lying island in the entrance to Port Lockroy, about 550 meters west of Goudier Island, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago. Boogie Island is situated 3½ km east of Gauthier Point.
Gauthier Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gauthier Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gauthier, punta”
- German: “Gauthier Point”
- Italian: “Punta Gauthier”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gauthier Point”
- Spanish: “Gauthier, punta (I.Doumer)”
- Spanish: “Gauthier, Punta”
- Swedish: “Gauthier, punta”
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