Alice Creek is a cove

Cove

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 forming the southernmost portion of Port Lockroy

Port Lockroy

Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on the Antarctic Peninsula of the British Antarctic Territory. After its discovery in 1904 by the French Antarctic Expedition it was used for whaling between 1911 and 1931 and British military operations during World War II and then continued to operate as a...

, Wiencke Island

Wiencke Island

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, in the Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago

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 of Antarctica. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition

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, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for the wife of Édouard Lockroy

Édouard Lockroy

Édouard Lockroy was a French politician.He was born in Paris, the son of Joseph Philippe Simon , an actor and dramatist who took the name of Lockroy....

, Vice President

Vice president

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 of the French Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of France

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who assisted Charcot in obtaining government support for the expedition.

The most outstanding local feature is known as Knife Edge Ridge, bounding the western edge of Alice Creek, and forms the point where the glacier turns into the inner harbour region of Port Lockroy. Being composed of ice and snow, this feature changes shape and position from time to time, meaning no accurate position may be recorded. It is for this reason that the name has no official adoption.