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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Reade Peak (GBR) | 65° 06' 00.0" S | 63° 29' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 110814
Place ID: 11928
rising to 1060m W of Lauzanne Cove, Flandres Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air and triangulated by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photography grouped in this area, named after Joseph Bancroft Reade (1801-70), English pioneer photographer who, in 1837, obtained photographs on paper coated with silver nitrate, developed with gallic acid and fixed with sodium hyposulphate ([in 65°05'S 62°28'W, in error] APC, 1960, p.7; [co-ordinates corrected] APC, 1986, p.4). |
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| Reade Peak (USA) | 65° 06' 00.0" S | 63° 29' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 130596
Place ID: 11928
Peak, 1,060 m, rising 1 mile S of Sonia Point and Flandres Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the FIDS from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Joseph B. Reade (1801-70), English pioneer of photography, who obtained photographs on paper coated with silver nitrate, developed with gallic acid and fixed with hyposulphate of soda, in 1837. |
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