# Pinel Point

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**Pinel Point** ([64°21′S 62°12′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=64_21_S_62_12_W)) is a point lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of [D'Ursel Point](/source/D'Ursel_Point) on the east side of [Brabant Island](/source/Brabant_Island), in the [Palmer Archipelago](/source/Palmer_Archipelago). First roughly charted by the [Belgian Antarctic Expedition](/source/Belgian_Antarctic_Expedition), 1897–99, under Gerlache. Photographed by [Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd](/source/Hunting_Aerosurveys_Ltd). in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the [United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/United_Kingdom_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) (UK-APC) for [Philippe Pinel](/source/Philippe_Pinel) (1745–1826), French physician who held advanced views on investigation of disease and first succeeded in abolishing severe physical restraints on mental cases, in 1796.

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