Duthiers Point

Duthiers Point

Coordinates: 64°48′00″S 62°49′00″W / 64.8°S 62.816667°W / -64.8; -62.816667

Duthiers Point is located in Antarctica
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Duthiers Point (Antarctica)

Duthiers Point (64°48′S 62°49′W / 64.8°S 62.817°W / -64.8; -62.817) is a point forming the south side of the entrance to Andvord Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache, who named it "Cap Lacaze-Duthiers" for Felix Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers (1821–1901), French naturalist and authority on the anatomy of mollusks.

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


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