Cape Ducorps
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Cape Ducorps is a point marking the north end of Cockerell Peninsula
on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula
. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont
d'Urville, and named by him for Louis Ducorps, a member of the expedition.
Cockerell Peninsula
Cockerell Peninsula is an ice-covered, bulb-shaped peninsula between Lafond Bay and Huon Bay on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville. It was named in 1977 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee...
on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...
. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, 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, and named by him for Louis Ducorps, a member of the expedition.