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Bigourdan Fjord

Coordinates: 67°33′S 67°23′W / 67.550°S 67.383°W / -67.550; -67.383
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Bigourdan Fjord is a sound, 12 miles (19 km) long in an east-west direction and averaging 2 miles (3 km) wide, lying between Pourquoi Pas Island and the southwest part of Arrowsmith Peninsula, along the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for Guillaume Bigourdan, a noted French astronomer. It was roughly surveyed by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934–37, under John Riddoch Rymill, and resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50.

67°33′S 67°23′W / 67.550°S 67.383°W / -67.550; -67.383

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Bigourdan Fjord". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.