Cape Berteaux is a

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surmounted by a high rock

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between

Mikkelsen Bay Mikkelsen Bay is a bay, wide at its mouth and indenting , entered between Bertrand Ice Piedmont and Cape Berteaux along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. First seen from a distance in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Ba ...

and Wordie Ice Shelf on the west coast of

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that 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 an ...

. The

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under Charcot, 1908–1910, originally applied the name Berteaux to an

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in essentially this position. The British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934–1937, identified the feature sighted by Charcot as the cape described above. It is named by Charcot for a Monsieur Berteaux who helped obtain funds for his expedition.

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Headlands of Graham Land Fallières Coast {{FallièresCoast-geo-stub

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