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Coupvent Point is a point, with several off-lying rocks, projecting north from Trinity Peninsula, southwest of Lafarge Rocks.
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.
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 August Coupvent-Desbois, an officer on the Zélée and later the Astrolabe.
Nearby features, from west to east, include:
-63.2833°N -101°W. A cluster of small islands and rocks which lie close to the northern coast of Trinity Peninsula, midway between Halpern Point and Coupvent Point. Named by US-ACAN for Kevin M. Scott, member of geological party from the University of Wisconsin (USARP), who carried out independent studies in Gerlache Strait, 1961-62.
-63.2167°N -99°W. An isolated rock in Bransfield Strait, off the north coast of Trinity Peninsula and northeast of Cape Legoupil. So named by UK-APC because of confusion about NaNAlberts