Thanaron Point
Thanaron Point (63°30′S 58°40′W / 63.500°S 58.667°WCoordinates: 63°30′S 58°40′W / 63.500°S 58.667°W) is a rock point on the east side of the end of Malorad Glacier, situated 8 nautical miles (15 km) east-northeast of Cape Roquemaurel on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Named in 1838 by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville after Lieutenant Charles Thanaron of the expedition ship Zelee.
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- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Thanaron Point". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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- Headlands of Trinity Peninsula
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