Charles Point
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Charles Point is a headland forming the north side of the entrance to Brialmont Cove
, on the west coast of Graham Land
. The present name derives from Cape Charles, first used in about 1831. This name, appearing on early maps in this approximate location, has sometimes been misapplied to the cape at the north side of Hughes Bay
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Brialmont Cove
Brialmont Cove is a cove in Hughes Bay, lying between Charles Point and Spring Point along the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica. It was charted in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named it for Lieutenant-General Brialmont, a member of the Belgica Commission....
, on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. The present name derives from Cape Charles, first used in about 1831. This name, appearing on early maps in this approximate location, has sometimes been misapplied to the cape at the north side of Hughes Bay
Hughes Bay
Hughes Bay is the 42 km wide bay indenting for 20 km Danco Coast on the west side of Graham Land, Antarctica, lying south of Chavdar Peninsula and north of Pefaur Peninsula, and entered between Cape Sterneck and Cape Murray....
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