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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mount Pénaud (GBR) | 64° 06' 00.0" S | 60° 52' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 110553
Place ID: 11047
rising to c. 1050m ESE of Cape Herschel, Danco Coast, was roughly charted by Foster in January 1829 and called Mount Herschel after Sir J. F. W. Herschel (Cape Herschel, q.v.) (Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a; BA chart 3205, 1.vi.1901; [incorrectly applied to a feature in S Trinity Island] Wilson, chart, 1917; Johanessen, chart, [1919-20]). Monte Herschel ([Irízar], 1903, map facing p.4). Mont Herschell [sic] (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1). Mount Herschell [sic] (USHO, 1943, p.115). The mountain was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named Mount Pénaud after Alphonse Pénaud (1850-80), French aircraft designer, 1871-80 (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). Mount Pènaud [sic] (BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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