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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Dallmeyer Peak (GBR) | 64° 53' 00.0" S | 62° 45' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 108411
Place ID: 3277
rising to 1105m W of Andvord Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Danco Island", 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photography grouped in this area, named after John Henry Dallmeyer (1830-83), German-born English optician who independently developed the rectilinear photographic lens in 1886 (APC, 1960, p.3; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). |
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| Dallmeyer Peak (USA) | 64° 53' 00.0" S | 62° 45' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 124060
Place ID: 3277
Peak, 1,105 m, standing 2 mi SW of Steinheil Point on the S side of Andvord Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. The peak appears on an Argentine government chart of 1952. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for John H. Dallmeyer (1830-83), English (formerly German) optician who independently developed the "rectilinear" photographic lens. |
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