Guéguen Point

Guéguen Point (65°9′S 64°7′W) is a point forming the south end of Hovgaard Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, after J. Guéguen, one of the crew the ship Français and later, of the Pourquoi Pas?, 1908–10.[1][2]

References
  1. "Guéguen Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  2. Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 299. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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