Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Harvey Heights (GBR) | 64° 13' 00.0" S | 62° 22' 00.0" W | Heights |
Name ID: 109221
Place ID: 6063
rising to c. 2450m N of Mount Parry, Brabant Island, were included under the name Mount Parry (q.v.) (Bagshawe, 1921-22c, p.27); following air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57, and in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after William Harvey (1578-1657), English physician who first demonstrated the circulation of the blood (APC, 1960, p.4; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974); first climbed by JSEBI, 7 March 1984. |
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Harvey Heights (USA) | 64° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 24' 00.0" W | Heights |
Name ID: 126258
Place ID: 6063
A series of elevations close N of Mount Parry and W of the head of Malpighi Glacier in central Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for William Harvey (1578-1657), English physician who first demonstrated the circulation of the blood. |
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