Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Durán, Cerro (CHL) | 68° 12' 00.0" S | 66° 54' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 134891
Place ID: 10151
El nombre corresponde al apellido del cabo Hugo Durán Díaz, Fuerza Aérea de Chile, por el mérito de haber sido el único chileno que izó por primera vez el pabellón nacional chileno en el polo Sur, el 18 de septiembre de 1964. Cerro que se levanta a aproximadamente 2 millas al NE de la punta Cuatro Romano, al N del seno Neny, costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins |
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Mount Nemesis (GBR) | 68° 12' 00.0" S | 66° 54' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 110318
Place ID: 10151
rising to 790m E of Neny Bay, Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.432); further surveyed and probably named by USAS in 1940, Nemesis being the Greek goddess of retribution; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1947; also called Murry Peak by RARE (Latady, 1948, p.214). Nemisis [sic] Mountain (Thompson, [1948], Fig.8, p.8). Nemesis Peak (Butson, 1949, p.199). Mount Nemesis (Adie, 1954, p.10; APC, 1955, p.15; DCS 601 sheet 68 66, 1955). Nemises [sic] Mount (Nichols, 1955, Fig.61). Cerro Serrano, so called by AAE after Tte Serrano, of the Argentine Army (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter S). |
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Mount Nemesis (USA) | 68° 12' 00.0" S | 66° 54' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 129320
Place ID: 10151
Mountain, 790 m, which lies 2 mi NE of the seaward extremity of Roman Four Promontory and close N of Neny Fjord, on the W coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. The name is believed to have been given by members of the USAS, 1939-41. |
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Serrano, cerro (ARG) | 68° 11' 00.0" S | 66° 54' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 102154 Place ID: 10151 |
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