Mount Jacquinot
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Mount Jacquinot () is a pyramidal peak, 475 m, with exposed rock on its north side, lying 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Cape Legoupil and 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Huon Bay, on the north side of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837-40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Lieutenant Charles Jacquinot, commander of the expedition corvette Zelee.
There was some controversy regarding claims of who found the continent first -- Edward Bransfield or Nathaniel Palmer. In these debates, Mont Jacquinot figured prominently. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Hinks, Arthur R. "Antarctica Discovered: A Reply," Geographical Review, Vol. 31, No. 3, July 1941, pp. 491-498.
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