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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| Behaim Peak (GBR) | 68° 47' 00.0" S | 66° 43' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 107731
Place ID: 1095
rising to c. 800m, E of Mikkelsen Bay, Fallières Coast, was photographed from the air by RARE in November 1947 and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1958; in association with the names of pioneers of navigation grouped in this area, named after Martin Behaim (1459-1506), German cosmographer and navigator who is credited with the first adoption of the astronomer's astrolabe for navigation at sea in 1480 (APC, 1962, p.4; DOS 610 sheet W 68 66, 1963). |
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| Behaim Peak (USA) | 68° 47' 00.0" S | 66° 43' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 122355
Place ID: 1095
A conspicuous pyramid-shaped rock peak (1,150 m) at the S extremity of the mountains separating Meridian Glacier and Doggo Defile, on the W side of Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by RARE in Nov. 1947, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS in Dec. 1958. Named by UK-APC after Martin Behaim (1459-1506), German cosmographer and navigator who is credited with the first adoption of the astronomer's astrolabe for navigation at sea, in 1480. |
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| Mulga Island (AUS) | 67° 14' 20.1" S | 46° 42' 20.9" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1095
Place ID: 9949
A small island off the coast of Enderby Land, about 6 km ENE of Boobyalla Islands. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956. Mulga is the vernacular name for species of Acacia found in semi-desert areas of Australia. |
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