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Thanaron Point

Thanaron Point (63°30′S 58°40′W) is a rock point on the east side of the end of Malorad Glacier, situated 8 nautical miles (15 km) east-northeast of Cape Roquemaurel on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Named in 1838 by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville after Lieutenant Charles Thanaron of the expedition ship Zelee.

Map

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

    •  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Thanaron Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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    Thanaron Point Wikipedia
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