Moureaux Point
Moureaux Point is a point which forms the north extremity of Kran Peninsula and Liege Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–05, who named it for Théodule Moureaux, director of the Parc Saint-Maur Observatory, near Paris.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pierre, Mount and Mount Allo.
Pierre, Mount
Peak
Mount Pierre is a sharp conical peak, 210 m, standing immediately south of Moureaux Point on Kran Peninsula, Liège Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.
Mount Allo
Peak
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Mount Allo is a conspicuous conical, snow-covered peak, 285 m in height, which rises from Neyt Point on Kran Peninsula at the northeast end of Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.
Raklitsa Island
Islet
Raklitsa Island is the rocky island in Boisguehenneuc Bay lying 650 m off the northwest coast of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The island is 350 m long in east-west direction and 120 m wide. Raklitsa Island is situated 3 km southwest of Moureaux Point.
Moureaux Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Moureaux Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Moureaux Point”
- Chinese: “穆羅角”
- German: “Moureaux Point”
- Hebrew: “נקודת מורו”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Moureaux Point”
- Spanish: “Moureaux, Punta”
- Swedish: “Moureaux Point”
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Highlights include Neyt, Caleta and Allo, Mount.
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