Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Russian Gap (GBR) | 69° 11' 00.0" S | 71° 19' 00.0" W | Pass |
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Name ID: 110987
Place ID: 12527
ice-filled pass rising to c. 900m between Havre Mountains and Rouen Mountains, NW Alexander Island, was sighted by RAE in January 1821 ([Bellingshausen], atlas, 1831a, sheet 61); photographed from the air by RARE, 23 December 1947, and called Susan Nichols Glacier after the daughter of R.L. Nichols (Nichols Snowfield, q.v.) (AGS map, 1948); mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959 and named Russian Gap in association with RAE ([in 69°11'S 71°13'W] APC, 1961, p.3; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1975] APC, 1977, p.28; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/5 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Russian Gap (USA) | 69° 11' 00.0" S | 71° 13' 00.0" W | Pass |
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Name ID: 131068
Place ID: 12527
Gap extending in a N-S direction between the Havre Mountains and Rouen Mountains, in the N part of Alexander Island. The N coast of Alexander Island was first sketched from a great distance in 1821 by the Russian expedition under Bellingshausen and this gap apparently represented by one of two open spaces between three high features. The gap was mapped in detail from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC for the Russian group which observed this area in 1821. |
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