Fallieres Coast

Fallieres Coast

Fallieres Coast (coord|68|30|S|67|0|W|) is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between the head of Bourgeois Fjord and Cape Jeremy. This coast was first explored in January 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under J.B. Charcot, who named it for Clement Armand Fallieres, then President of France.


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