Français Glacier Tongue

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Français Glacier Tongue ( 66°31′S138°15′E / 66.517°S 138.250°E / -66.517; 138.250 Coordinates: 66°31′S138°15′E / 66.517°S 138.250°E / -66.517; 138.250 ) is a broad glacier tongue about 3 nautical miles (6 km) long extending seaward from Français Glacier. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for the Français, expedition ship of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. [1]

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Français Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Français Glacier is a glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, flowing north-northeast from the continental ice to the Antarctic coast close west of Ravin Bay. Though no glaciers were noted on Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville's chart of this coast, the close correlation of his "Baie des Ravins" feature and narrative description with the indentation of the coast near the mouth of this glacier suggests first sighting of this feature by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1837–40. During December 1912 members of the Main Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) camped on the upland slopes close east of the glacier, but no reference was made to the glacier in the AAE reports, though a clear view and unpublished sketch were obtained of the distant coast to the northwest.

Jean-Baptiste Charcot French scientist

Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).

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