Poste Point

Poste Point (65°5′S 64°1′W / 65.083°S 64.017°W / -65.083; -64.017Coordinates: 65°5′S 64°1′W / 65.083°S 64.017°W / -65.083; -64.017) is a point on the west side of Booth Island, which marks the south limit of Salpetrere Bay, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Charcot for L. Poste, stoker on the ship Francais.

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