Driencourt Point (64°12′S 62°31′W / 64.200°S 62.517°W / -64.200; -62.517) is a point 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Claude Point on the west side of Brabant Island,[1] in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot after Joseph F.L. Driencourt, a French engineer who advised on the hydrographic equipment for the expedition.[2]

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  1. ^ Smellie, J.L.; McIntosh, W.C.; Esser, R. (2006). "Eruptive environment of volcanism on Brabant Island: Evidence for thin wet-based ice in northern Antarctic Peninsula during the Late Quaternary". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 231 (1–2): 233–252. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.035.
  2. ^ "Driencourt Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 31 January 2012.

  This article incorporates public domain material from "Driencourt Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.