Guéguen Point () is a point forming the south end of
Hovgaard Island, in the
Wilhelm Archipelago
The Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.
Wilhelm Archipelago consists of numerous islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island. The archipelago extends f ...
, Antarctica. It was charted and named by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
First expedition
In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fable ...
, under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (15 July 1867 – 16 September 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).
Life
Jean-Ba ...
, after
J. Guéguen, one of the crew the ship ''Français'' and later, of the ''
Pourquoi Pas?
''Pourquoi-Pas'' or ''Pourquoi Pas?'' (from French ''pourquoi pas?'' 'why not?') may refer to one of these ships:
* Four ships owned by the French navigator and naval officer Jean-Baptiste Charcot:
** , a cutter that Charcot had built in 1893 ...
'', 1908–10.
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References
Headlands of the Wilhelm Archipelago
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