Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Patroclus Hill (GBR) | 64° 28' 00.0" S | 63° 37' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 110522
Place ID: 10958
rising to c. 750m NW of Mount Achilles, Achµan Range, Anvers Island, was surveyed by FIDS from "Arthur Harbour" in 1955; in association with the mountain, named after Patroclus (fl. c. 1200 BC), comrade-in-arms of Achilles (APC, 1958, p.6; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959). |
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| Patroclus Hill (USA) | 64° 28' 00.0" S | 63° 37' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 129906
Place ID: 10958
Rounded, snow-covered hill, 760 m, separated by a low col from the NW side of Mount Achilles in the Achaean Range of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1955 and named by the UK-APC for Patroclus, the squire and close friend of Achilles in Homer's Iliad. |
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