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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| Poynter Hill (GBR) | 63° 48' 00.0" S | 59° 07' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 110700
Place ID: 11549
rising to 950m SE of Cape Kjellman, Trinity Peninsula, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1948; named after Midshipman (later Cdr) Charles William Poynter, RN (?1802-70), who, while officially serving in HMS Andromache, accompanied Bransfield as Master's Mate and Second-in-Command of HM hired brig Williams to the Antarctic, 1819-20, when the NW coast of Graham Land was first sighted (BA chart 3205, 12.ii.1954; APC, 1955, p.17; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Cerro Poynter (Chile. DNH chart 1400, 1961). Colina PoynterDNH chart 1500, 1963; IHA, 1974, p.230). |
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| Poynter Hill (USA) | 63° 46' 00.0" S | 59° 06' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 130324
Place ID: 11549
Conspicuous hill, 825 m, standing 8 mi ESE of Cape Kjellman on the W side of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC (1950) after Mr. Poynter, Master's Mate, who accompanied Edward Bransfield on the brig Williams in January 1820 when explorations were made in the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait. |
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| Poynter, Cerro (CHL) | 63° 44' 00.0" S | 59° 06' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 106116
Place ID: 11549
Cartografiado en 1948 por el FIDS, quien le dio este nombre por el piloto del bergantín "Williams", barco de la Expedición Británica, al mando de Bransfield en el cual efectuó exploraciones a las islas Shetland del Sur y al estrecho Bransfield en 1820. Cerro conspicuo de 823 metros de altura, situado a 8 millas al E del cabo Kjellman, en el lado NW de la península Luis Felipe. |
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