Laubeuf Fjord
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Laubeuf Fjord () is a sound, 25 miles (40 km) long in a north-south direction and averaging 10 miles (16 km) wide, lying between the east-central portion of Adelaide Island and the south portion of Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for Maxime Laubeuf, a French marine engineer who supervised building the engine for the ship Pourquoi-Pas?.
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