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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| Piccard Cove (GBR) | 64° 44' 00.0" S | 62° 16' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 110616
Place ID: 11234
SW end of Wilhelmina Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after August Piccard (1884-1962), Swiss physicist and pioneer of the stratosphere, who reached heights of 15500 and 16900m in a hydrogen-filled balloon in May 1931 and August 1932, respectively; Professor of Physics, University of Brussels 1922-54 (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). BahÃa Wilhelmina, apparently referring only to the cove (Chile. DNH chart 1500, 1963). Caleta Piccard (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter G). |
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| Piccard Cove (USA) | 64° 45' 00.0" S | 62° 19' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 130114
Place ID: 11234
Cove forming the southernmost part of Wilhelmina Bay, along the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist, stratosphere pioneer who reached a height of 9.5 mi in a hydrogen-filled balloon in 1931. |
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| Piccard, caleta (ARG) | 64° 44' 00.0" S | 62° 16' 00.0" W | Cove |
| Name ID: 101849 Place ID: 11234 | |||
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