Robin Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Robin Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to 260 m near N end of Signy Island, was surveyed by FIDS in 1947 and named after Dr Gordon de Quetteville Robin (1921-2004), Australian-born British physicist and glaciologist; FIDS Base Leader, "Cape Geddes", 1947, Signy, 1947-48, who made the first detailed survey of the island (including this peak); geophysicist, Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949-52; Director, SPRI, 1958-82; Secretary, SCAR, 1958-70, and President, 1970-74 (APC, 1955, p.18; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963; 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973).
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