Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Minot Point (GBR) | 64° 15' 00.0" S | 62° 32' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110167
Place ID: 9629
W coast of Brabant Island, W of Mount Parry, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; called descriptively by AAE Cabo Pirámide [=pyramid cape] (Argentina. MM chart 128, 1957); in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Dr George Richards Minot (1885-1950), American physician known for his work on the liver treatment for anaemia; Nobel Laureate in medicine, 1934 (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). |
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| Minot Point (USA) | 64° 16' 00.0" S | 62° 31' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 128946
Place ID: 9629
A rock point midway along the west coast of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The point lies 3 mi west of the summit of Mount Parry. Mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., 1956-57. Named by UK-APC after George R. Minot (1885-1950), American physician and co-winner of a Nobel prize for his work on liver therapy in pernicious anemia. |
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| Minot, punta (ARG) | 64° 15' 00.0" S | 62° 32' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101562 Place ID: 9629 | |||
| Piramide, cabo (ARG) | 64° 16' 00.0" S | 62° 31' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101866 Place ID: 9629 | |||
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