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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| Robin Peak (GBR) | 60° 40' 45.0" S | 45° 36' 49.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 110905
Place ID: 12238
rising to 260 m near N end of Signy Island, was surveyed by FIDS in 1947 and named after Dr Gordon de Quetteville Robin (1921-2004), Australian-born British physicist and glaciologist; FIDS Base Leader, "Cape Geddes", 1947, Signy, 1947-48, who made the first detailed survey of the island (including this peak); geophysicist, Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949-52; Director, SPRI, 1958-82; Secretary, SCAR, 1958-70, and President, 1970-74 (APC, 1955, p.18; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963; 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973). |
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| Robin Peak (USA) | 60° 41' 00.0" S | 45° 38' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 130857
Place ID: 12238
Sharply defined rocky summit, 270 m, which is the northernmost peak on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Named by the UK-APC in 1954 for Gordon de Quetteville Robin of the FIDS, leader at Signy Island base in 1947, who made the first detailed survey of the island. |
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