Cape Leguillou
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Cape Leguillou is a point which forms the north tip of Tower Island
, at the northeast end of Palmer Archipelago
. Charted by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont
d'Urville, 1837–40, and named by him for Elie Le Guillou, a surgeon on the expedition ship the charts of the d'Urville expedition and has been consistently used since that time.
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....
. Charted by a 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, and named by him for Elie Le Guillou, a surgeon on the expedition ship the charts of the d'Urville expedition and has been consistently used since that time.