Giard Point

Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Giard Point (64°26′S 63°49′W / 64.433°S 63.817°W / -64.433; -63.817Coordinates: 64°26′S 63°49′W / 64.433°S 63.817°W / -64.433; -63.817) is a point forming the north extremity of Obitel Peninsula and the south side of the entrance to Perrier 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 Alfred Giard, a noted French zoologist and member of the Institut de France.[1]

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


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