Pourquoi Pas Point

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Pourquoi Pas (66°12′S, 136°11′E) is an ice-covered point which forms the west side of the entrance to Victor Bay. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1950-52, and named in 1954 for the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas?. (English translation: Why Not?)

This article incorporates text from Pourquoi Pas Point, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.

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