Thanaron Point
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Thanaron Point is a rock point 8 nautical miles (15 km) east-northeast of Cape Roquemaurel
, Trinity Peninsula
. Named in 1838 by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont
d'Urville after Lieutenant Charles Thanaron of the expedition ship Zelee.
Cape Roquemaurel
Cape Roquemaurel is a prominent rocky headland at the east side of the entrance to Bone Bay, on the north side of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Lieutenant Louis de Roquemaurel, second-in-command of the...
, 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...
. Named in 1838 by the 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 after Lieutenant Charles Thanaron of the expedition ship Zelee.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.