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Loubet Coast

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The Loubet Coast is a part of the west coast of Graham Land in the Antarctic Peninsula. It stretches for about 158 kilometers between Cape Bellue to the northeast and Bourgeois Fjord to the southwest. This area is found between the Fallières Coast to the south and the Graham Coast to the north.

Location of Loubet Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

The coast is named after Émile Loubet, who was the President of France at the time. The area was explored during the French Antarctic Expedition led by Jean-Baptiste Charcot in January 1905. This discovery added to our understanding of the Antarctic Peninsula and its many features.

Location

Loubet Coast is a part of the west coast of Graham Land in the Antarctic Peninsula. It stretches about 158 kilometers between Cape Bellue to the northeast and Bourgeois Fjord to the southwest. This area was mapped by British explorers between 1976 and 1978.

Maps

These are detailed maps of the Loubet Coast area in the Antarctic Peninsula. They were created by the Directorate of Overseas Surveys in the United Kingdom in the 1970s and show the landscape at a very large scale.

Images

Map showing the location of Graham Land in the Antarctic Peninsula

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