Duclaux Point

Duclaux Point

Duclaux Point (64°4′S 62°15′W / 64.067°S 62.25°W / -64.067; -62.25) is a point extending into Bouquet Bay from the east side of Pasteur Peninsula, 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Cape Cockburn on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Charcot for Pierre E. Duclaux, French biochemist, director of the Pasteur Institute in Paris (1895).

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Duclaux Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).