Lécuyer Point
Lécuyer Point is a point which forms the south side of the entrance to the harbor of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Also known as: “Lecuyer Point”, “Lecuyer, punta”, “Punta Lecuyer”, and “Punta Lécuyer”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Goudier Island and Bills Island.
Goudier Island
Islet
Photo: *christopher*, CC BY 2.0.
Goudier Island is a small island with an appearance of bare, polished rock, lying 0.05 nautical miles north of Jougla Point in the harbour of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.
Bills Island
Islet
Bills Island is an island in Antarctica. It lies northeast of Goudier Island in the harbor of Port Lockroy, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered and charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
Woogie Island
Islet
Woogie Island is a small low-lying island in the entrance to Port Lockroy, about 330 meters northwest of Goudier Island, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago.
Lécuyer Point
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lécuyer Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lécuyer”
- Dutch: “Lécuyer”
- German: “Lécuyer Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lecuyer Point”
- Spanish: “Lecuyer, Punta”
- Spanish: “Lécuyer, punta”
- Spanish: “Punta Lecuyer”
- Spanish: “Punta Lécuyer”
- Swedish: “Lécuyer”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jougla Point and Alice Creek.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lécuyer Point”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.