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Nördliche Collinsmoräne (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Nördliche Collinsmoräne (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Moraine (2b)
This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Moraine at the N foot of Bellingshausen Dome (eng)/Collinseiskappe (deu) on Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Named during expeditions conducted from 1982 to 1985, organized by the Geographical Institute of the University of Heidelberg and the Geomorphological Laboratory of the Freie Universtät Berlin.
Collins, presumably the name of a sealer in the early 19th century and name giver (eponym) of Collins Harbour, King George Island; specific name part of Collinseinskappe (deu) and Glaciar Collins (spa); this feature was earlier named as Malyj kupol (rus), Kopula Bellingshausena (pol) and Bellingshausen Dome (eng). Fildes Peninsula, King George Island.
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