Coupvent Point

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Headland in Antarctica

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::summary Headland in Antarctica ::

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Location

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Trinity_Peninsula.svg" caption="Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Coupvent Point towards northeast end"] ::

Coupvent Point is near the east end of the north shore of Trinity Peninsula, which itself is the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It faces the Bransfield Strait. It is east of the Duroch Islands and Schmidt Peninsula, north of the Mott Snowfield and west of Caleta Thornton and Prime Head. Nomad Rock, Lafarge Rocks and Casy Island are north of the point.

Name

The name "Roche Coupvent" (Coupvent Rock) was given by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville to a feature in the vicinity. The present name revives the d'Urville naming, given for Aimé Coupvent-Desbois, an officer on the Zélée and later the Astrolabe.

Nearby features

Nearby features, from west to east, include:

Kevin Islands

Nomad Rock

Lafarge Rocks

Casy Island

Caleta Thornton

References

Sources

  • {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
  • {{cite scar2 |id=135129 |language=es |name=Caleta Thornton}}
  • {{citation |url=https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/7696/ |accessdate=2024-05-03 |title=Graham Land and South Shetland Islands |publisher=BAS: British Antarctic Survey |year=2005 |ref= }}
  • {{citation |publisher=Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey |year=1996 |archivedate= 23 September 2015 |title=Trinity Peninsula |type=Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697 |ref= |url=http://www.bkg.bund.de/nn_193194/DE/Bundesamt/Downloads/Kostenlose-Karten/Antarktis-Karten/Satellitenbildkarten/Scale250/Daten/Trinity-Peninsula,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Trinity-Peninsula.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923191640/http://www.bkg.bund.de/nn_193194/DE/Bundesamt/Downloads/Kostenlose-Karten/Antarktis-Karten/Satellitenbildkarten/Scale250/Daten/Trinity-Peninsula,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Trinity-Peninsula.pdf}}

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