Driencourt Point Explained

Driencourt Point (-64.2°N -93°W) is a point 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Claude Point on the west side of Brabant Island,^[1] in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot after Joseph F.L. Driencourt, a French engineer who advised on the hydrographic equipment for the expedition.

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
• Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

Notes and References

1. Smellie . J.L. . McIntosh . W.C. . Esser . R. . 2006 . Eruptive environment of volcanism on Brabant Island: Evidence for thin wet-based ice in northern Antarctic Peninsula during the Late Quaternary . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . en . 231 . 1–2 . 233–252 . 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.035.