Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mount Pico (USA) | 64° 10' 00.0" S | 62° 27' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 130120
Place ID: 11243
A peak over 1,700 m in northern Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago. It rises 3.5 mi northeast of Driencourt Point. The name "Monte Pico" was used on a 1957 Argentine hydrographic chart. In Spanish, "pico" means beak or bill of a bird; peak or sharp point of any kind. |
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| Mount Rokitansky (GBR) | 64° 10' 00.0" S | 62° 25' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 110921
Place ID: 11243
rising to c. 1750m in NW Brabant Island, was called Monte Pico [=beak mountain] by AAE (Argentina. MM, 1956, p.86); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named Mount Rokitansky after Karl, Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804-78), Austrian pioneer in anatomy and pathology (APC, 1960, p.7; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). Mount Pico (USBGN, 1965, p.103). The mountain was climbed by JSEBI, 4 March 1984. |
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