Astrolabe Needle

Astrolabe Needle (64°8′S 62°36′W / 64.133°S 62.600°W / -64.133; -62.600Coordinates: 64°8′S 62°36′W / 64.133°S 62.600°W / -64.133; -62.600) is a conspicuous monolith rising 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level south of Claude Point, Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1903–05, and named after the Astrolabe, one of the ships of the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837–40.

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