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Cape Bienvenue

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under Barre, 1951–52, who established an astronomical control station on the cape. Bienvenue is a French word meaning welcome, and describes the pleasure of the French party at finding a cape not shown on previous charts where a landing could be made.
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is a small rocky cape which is partially ice-covered, 44 m, forming the east side of the entrance to
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A 15 ha site comprising all the ice-free area at the cape has been identified as an
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Piner Bay
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump
French Antarctic Expedition
Important Bird Area
BirdLife International
Adélie penguins
"Cape Bienvenue"
public domain material
"Cape Bienvenue"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
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Important Bird Areas
Queen Elizabeth Land
Berkner Island
Coats Land
Coalseam Cliffs
Mount Faraway
Stewart Buttress
Dawson-Lambton Glacier
Luitpold Coast
Stancomb-Wills Glacier
Queen Maud Land
Atka Iceport
Drescher Inlet

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