Cape Dubouzet
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Cape Dubouzet is a cape which marks the northeast extremity of Antarctic Peninsula
. Charted in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont
d'Urville, who named it for Lieutenant Joseph Dubouzet of the expedition ship Zelee.
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
. Charted in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont
Jules Dumont
Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 15 June 1943.Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the Commune de Paris Battalion, XIV International Brigade. He was active in the French Resistance in the Second...
d'Urville, who named it for Lieutenant Joseph Dubouzet of the expedition ship Zelee.