Lainez Point
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Lainez Point is a point which forms the north side of the entrance to Dalgliesh Bay
on the west side of Pourquoi Pas Island
, off the west coast of Graham Land
. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition
under Charcot, 1908–10, and named by him for Manuel Lainez, senator of the Argentine Republic and founder of the newspaper El Diario
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Dalgliesh Bay
Dalgliesh Bay is a bay, 1 nautical mile wide and indenting 3 nautical miles , lying between Lainez Point and Bongrain Point on the west side of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill...
on the west side of Pourquoi Pas Island
Pourquoi Pas Island
Pourquoi Pas Island is a mountainous island, long and from wide, lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10...
, off 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...
. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
under Charcot, 1908–10, and named by him for Manuel Lainez, senator of the Argentine Republic and founder of the newspaper El Diario
El Diario
El Diario is a newspaper of Bolivia, published in La Paz. Founded in 1904, it is Bolivia's oldest newspaper currently still published. The newspaper traditionally published a conservative position in line with its founders, the Carrasco family, one of La Paz's most influential families of the 20th...
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