Bonaparte Point

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Bonaparte Point or Roland Bonaparte Point is a narrow point at the south side of Arthur Harbor on the southwest coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Prince Roland-Napoléon Bonaparte, then President of the Paris Geographical Society. [1]

Anvers Island high, mountainous island 61 km (38 miles) long, outside Antarctica

Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island 61 km long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered by John Biscoe in 1832 and named in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache after the province of Antwerp in Belgium. It lies south-west of Brabant Island at the south-western end of the group. The south-western coastline of the island forms part of the Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin Antarctic Specially Managed Area. Cormorant Island, an Important Bird Area, lies 1 km off the south coast.

Palmer Archipelago Group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula

Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers Island in the south. It is separated by the Gerlache and Bismarck straits from the Antarctic Peninsula and Wilhelm Archipelago, respectively.

The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.

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Coordinates: 64°46′46″S64°03′58″W / 64.77944°S 64.06611°W / -64.77944; -64.06611

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