Cape Dumoutier
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Cape Dumoutier is a point which forms the east tip of Tower Island
, at the northeast end of Palmer Archipelago
. Named by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont
d'Urville, 1837–40, for Pierre Dumoutier, a surgeon with the expedition.
Tower Island
Tower Island is an Antarctic island long and high, lying northeast of Trinity Island and marking the northeast extent of Palmer Archipelago...
, at the northeast end of Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
. Named by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont
Jules Dumont
Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 15 June 1943.Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the Commune de Paris Battalion, XIV International Brigade. He was active in the French Resistance in the Second...
d'Urville, 1837–40, for Pierre Dumoutier, a surgeon with the expedition.