Bonaparte Point

Bonaparte Point is a headland on the south coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory. It marks the southern entrance point of Arthur Harbour, a sheltered water.

The headland was probably sighted in February 1832 by Biscoe, who is thought to have landed in Biscoe Bay. The point was charted in February 1904 by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1903-05 under Charcot, and named Cap Rolland Bonaparte or Pointe Bonaparte or Pointe Roland Bonaparte, after Prince Roland-Napoléon Bonaparte (1858-1924), French patron of science; President of the Société de Géographie (in Paris). It appeared accordingly on an early British chart as 'Roland Bonaparte Point', referring to western entrance point of Biscoe Bay

Following survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Arthur Harbou in 1955, the point was redefined as the south entrance point of the harbour.

Location

• Location map: 64°46’44"S, 64°3’60"W