Gourdon Peninsula
Gourdon Peninsula (64°24′S 63°12′W / 64.400°S 63.200°W) is a snow-covered
French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot in 1905 and the name "Pointe Gourdon," for Vice-Admiral Gourdon of the French Navy, was given to a point between Lapeyrere Bay and Fournier Bay. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1956 altered the name to Gourdon Peninsula and applied it to the peninsula described, which almost certainly is the feature Charcot had in mind when he gave the original name.[1]
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Gourdon Peninsula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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