Clarie Coast, called Wilkes Coast by Australia, (66°30′S 133°0′E) is that portion of the coast of Wilkes Land

Wilkes Land

Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though the validity of this claim has been placed for the period of the operation of the Antarctic Treaty, to which Australia is a signatory...

 lying between Cape Morse

Cape Morse

Cape Morse is a low, ice-covered cape which marks the east side of the entrance to Porpoise Bay and forms the division between Banzare Coast and Clarie Coast, Wilkes Land. It was delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump , and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ...

, at 130°10′E, and Pourquoi Pas Point

Pourquoi Pas Point

Pourquoi Pas is an ice-covered point which forms the west side of the entrance to Victor Bay. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1950-52, and named in 1954 after the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas?....

, at 136°11′E. It was discovered in January 1840 by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer, naval officer and rear admiral, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.-Childhood:Dumont was born at Condé-sur-Noireau...

, 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

Charles Jacquinot

Charles Hector Jacquinot was a noted mariner, best known for his role in early French Antarctic surveys.He was an ensign on the Coquille. His first trip to Antarctica was made in 1826–29 with Jules Dumont d'Urville. For that voyage, Jacquinot was awarded the Cross of Honor.Jacquinot held the rank...

, the captain of his second ship, the Zélée.