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Duclaux Point


Duclaux Point (64°4′S 62°15′W / 64.067°S 62.250°W / -64.067; -62.250Coordinates: 64°4′S 62°15′W / 64.067°S 62.250°W / -64.067; -62.250) is a point extending into Bouquet Bay from the east side of Pasteur Peninsula, 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Cape Cockburn on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Pierre E. Duclaux, a French biochemist who was director of the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1895.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Duclaux Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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