Turquet Point

Turquet Point (65°3′S 63°57′W) is a point marking the north extremity of Booth Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Probably first seen by the German expedition 1873–74, under Dallmann. The point was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Charcot and named by him for J. Turquet, naturalist of the expedition.

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