Metchnikoff Point
Metchnikoff Point is a point forming the western extremity of Pasteur Peninsula in northern Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was first charted by the Third French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Russian-born zoologist and bacteriologist Élie Metchnikoff, who succeeded Louis Pasteur as the director of the Pasteur Institute in Paris.- Type: Cape
- Description: headland in Antarctica
- Also known as: “נקודת מצ’ניקוף”
Metchnikoff Point
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.04099° or 64° 2′ 28″ south
Longitude
-62.5747° or 62° 34′ 29″ west
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
377VXC5G+J4
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Metchnikoff Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Metchnikoff”
- Chinese: “梅奇尼科夫角”
- German: “Kap Metchnikoff”
- German: “Metchnikoff Point”
- Hebrew: “נקודת מצ’ניקוב”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Metchnikoff Point”
- Spanish: “Metchnikoff, punta”
- Swedish: “Metchnikoff”
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