Astrolabe Needle

Astrolabe Needle is a conspicuous monolith rising 50 metres above sea level south of , , in the . It was discovered by the 1903–1905 French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot and named after the Astrolabe, one of the ships of the 1837–1840 French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville.
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Astrolabe Needle

Latitude
-64.11486° or 64° 6′ 54″ south
Longitude
-62.63368° or 62° 38′ 1″ west
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
377VV9P8+3G
Geo­Names ID
6634441
Wiki­data ID
Q4811566
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