Cape Roux
Cape Roux (64°1′S 62°28′W / 64.017°S 62.467°WCoordinates: 64°1′S 62°28′W / 64.017°S 62.467°W) is a cape marking the northwest extremity of Pasteur Peninsula, northern Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Charcot for Emile Roux, noted French physician and bacteriologist, then Director of the Pasteur Institute, Paris.
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