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Charles Jacquinot

He was the brother of Honoré Jacquinot, a surgeon who served as a naturalist on that same voyage and who traveled on that same ship.

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Mount Jacquinot was named for him by d'Urville, who was said to have been his best friend.

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The mission of the expedition was to survey the Straights of Magellan, then head to the Weddell Sea.

Clarie Coast

It was discovered in January 1840 by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who recognized the existence of land lying south of the ice cliffs to which he applied the name Côte de Clarie, after the wife of Charles Jacquinot, the captain of his second ship, the Zélée.

Mount Jacquinot

It was discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Lieutenant Charles Jacquinot, the commander of the expedition corvette Zelée.

Zelee Subglacial Trench

The feature was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named after the corvette Zelee (Lt. Charles Jacquinot) of the French expedition, 1837–40 (Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville).

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