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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| Pirie Peninsula (RUS) | 60° 43' 00.0" S | 44° 38' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 119973 Place ID: 11315 | |||
| Pirie Peninsula (GBR) | 60° 42' 00.0" S | 44° 38' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 110640
Place ID: 11315
extending NNW from N coast of Laurie Island between Jessie Bay and Browns Bay, and terminating in Cape Mabel, was roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in 1821; mapped by SNAE in 1903 and named Perie [sic] Peninsula after Dr John Hunter Harvey Pirie (1877-1965), medical officer and geologist on the expedition (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]). Pirie Peninsula (Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.17). Península Pirie (Argentina. IGM map 104, 1933; Pierrou, 1970, p.596). The peninsula was further charted by DI in 1933. |
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| Pirie Peninsula (USA) | 60° 42' 00.0" S | 44° 39' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 130169
Place ID: 11315
Narrow peninsula extending 3 mi northward from the center of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The peninsula was surveyed in 1903 by the ScotNAE under Bruce, who named it for Dr. J.H. Pirie, surgeon and geologist of the expedition. |
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| Pirie, península (ARG) | 60° 42' 00.0" S | 44° 38' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 101870 Place ID: 11315 | |||
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