Astrolabe Needle () is a conspicuous monolith rising above sea level south of Claude Point, Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered by the 1903âÂÂ1905 French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot and named after the Astrolabe, one of the ships of the 1837âÂÂ1840 French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville.