Driencourt Point

Driencourt Point (64°12′S 62°31′W) is a point 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Claude Point on the west side of Brabant Island,[1] in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot after Joseph F.L. Driencourt, a French engineer who advised on the hydrographic equipment for the expedition.[2]

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
• Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

References

1. Smellie, J.L.; McIntosh, W.C.; Esser, R. (2006). "Eruptive environment of volcanism on Brabant Island: Evidence for thin wet-based ice in northern Antarctic Peninsula during the Late Quaternary". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 231 (1–2): 233–252. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.035.
2. "Driencourt Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 31 January 2012.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Driencourt Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.