Bonnier Point

Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Bonnier Point (64°28′S 63°57′W / 64.467°S 63.950°W / -64.467; -63.950Coordinates: 64°28′S 63°57′W / 64.467°S 63.950°W / -64.467; -63.950) is a headland forming the west extremity of Obitel Peninsula and marking the north side of the entrance to Hamburg Bay, on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for J. Bonnier, assistant director of the Laboratory of Maritime Zoology at Wimereux, who installed a laboratory on the ship Français.

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