Géodésie, Cape
Cape Géodésie is a low, ice-covered point marked by prominent rock outcrops at its northeast end, lying 3 nautical miles northwest of the mouth of Astrolabe Glacier, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dumont d’Urville Station.
Dumont d’Urville Station
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The Dumont d'Urville Station is a French scientific station in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipelago of Pointe-Géologie in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, whose expedition landed on Débarquement Rock in the Dumoulin Islands at the northeast end of the archipelago on January 21, 1840. Dumont d’Urville Station is situated 7 km east of Géodésie, Cape.
Géodésie, Cape
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Cape Geodesie”, “Cape Géodésie”, “Geodesie, Cap”, and “Géodésie, Cap”
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Géodésie, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Géodésie”
- Chinese: “測地角”
- German: “Kap Géodésie”
- Japanese: “ジオデシー岬”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cap Géodésie”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Géodésie”
- Swedish: “Géodésie”
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