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.- Peak rising to 50 metres (164 feet)
- Description: rock monolith in Antarctica
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.11486° or 64° 6′ 54″ south
Longitude
-62.63368° or 62° 38′ 1″ west
Open location code
377VV9P8+3G
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Astrolabe Needle” goes by many names.
Astrolabe NeedleCebuano
Astrolabe NeedleDutch
Astrolabe NeedleLadin
Astrolabe NeedleNorwegian Bokmål
Astrolabe NeedleNorwegian Nynorsk
Astrolabe NeedleSwedish
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