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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| Peregrinus Peak (GBR) | 69° 09' 00.0" S | 65° 50' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 110576
Place ID: 11107
rising to 1915m between Airy Glacier and Mount Timosthenes, Fallières Coast, was photographed from the air by RARE, 27 November 1947. Following survey by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in December 1958 and in association with the names of pioneers of navigation grouped in the area, this name was applied in error to Mount Timosthenes (q.v.) after Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (fl. 1275), French crusader and scientist, author of Epistola de magnete (1269), the first scientific treatise on the magnet (APC, 1962, p.25); later applied to the present fea- ture (APC, 1974, p.5; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). |
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| Peregrinus Peak (USA) | 69° 09' 00.0" S | 65° 50' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 130025
Place ID: 11107
A peak (1,915 m) along the N side of Airy Glacier, 3 mi SE of Mount Timosthenes, in central Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by RARE Nov. 27, 1947. Surveyed by FIDS in Dec. 1958. Named by UK-APC after Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, of Luceria, author of Epistola de magnete (1269), the first scientific treatise on the magnet. |
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