Astrolabe Needle
Astrolabe Needle is a conspicuous monolith rising 50 metres above sea level south of Claude Point, Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Astrolabe Needle
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 50 metres
- Description: rock monolith in Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Astrolabe Needle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Astrolabe Needle”
- Dutch: “Astrolabe Needle”
- German: “Aiguille de l’Astrolabe”
- German: “Astrolabe Needle”
- Ladin: “Astrolabe Needle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Astrolabe Needle”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Astrolabe Needle”
- Spanish: “Aguja del Astrolabio, monolito”
- Spanish: “Astrolabio, Aguja”
- Swedish: “Astrolabe Needle”
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Highlights include Claude Point and Cueva, punta.
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