Duclaux Point

Duclaux Point (64°4′S 62°15′W) 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. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Pierre E. Duclaux, a French biochemist who was director of the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1895.[1]

References
  1. "Duclaux Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-01.

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