Rabot Pointとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Rabot Point (64°17′S 57°20′W / 64.283°S 57.333°W / -64.283; -57.333) is a high rocky point on the east side of James Ross Island. It lies in Markham Bay and separates the mouths of Gourdon and Hobbs Glaciers. The name "Rabot Gletscher" after the French glaciologist, Charles Rabot, was originally given by Otto Nordenskjold, leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, to a small glacier close west of The Watchtower on the south side of the island. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveyed the south part of the island in 1953 and found that the glacier is very insignificant and does not require a name. In order to preserve the name Rabot in the vicinity, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) has applied it to the point described.