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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Bertrab Nunatak (RUS) 77° 59' 00.0" S 34° 30' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 117078 Place ID: 1266

Bertrab Nunatak (GBR) 77° 53' 00.0" S 34° 38' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 107781 Place ID: 1266

rising to c. 500m SE of Vahsel Bay, Luitpold Coast, was roughly mapped by GAE, 1911-12, in January-February 1912 and named after Gen. von Bertrab, Chairman of the expedition; Chief Quartermaster, German General Staff, and Chief of the Land Survey (Wordie, 1921b, p.17; Filchner, 1922, map p.198; USBGN, 1947,p.136; AGS map, 1962b; APC, 1982, p.3; Marsh and Thomson, 1984, map Fig. 1B, p.33). Bertrab Nunataks (Filchner, 1922, mapp.198; USAAF chart [LR-]75, 1943). von Bertrab Nunatak (Filchner, 1930, mapp.112). Nunatak Beltrab [sic](Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952). Nunatak Bertrab ([shown on S shore of Vahsel Bay] Agentina. MM chart 121, 1954; [in 77 54'S 35 20'W] Pierrou, 1970, p.200). The Argentine seasonal station "Label" was established near the nunatak in January 1970. The nunatak was delineated from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973. In February 1979 "Label" was expanded into the Argentine station "General Belgrano II", named after Gen. M. Belgrano (Filchner Ice Shelf, q.v.) (BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981). [Bertrab Glacier, South Georgia, is also named after Gen. von Bertrab (Hattersely-Smith, 1980b, p.21).] Nunatak Bertrab (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 7).

Bertrab Nunatak (USA) 77° 55' 00.0" S 34° 32' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 122482 Place ID: 1266

A nunatak located along the south side of Lerchenfeld Glacier and about 5 mi WSW of the Littlewood Nunataks. Discovered by the GerAE, 1911-12, under Wilhelm Filchner, who named this feature for General von Bertrab.

Bertrab, nunatak (ARG) 77° 55' 00.0" S 34° 32' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 100265 Place ID: 1266

Bertrabnunatakker (DEU) 77° 52' 00.0" S 34° 38' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 106812 Place ID: 1266

Two nunataks, one located in close vicinity to the Argentine station Belgrano II, the other 4 km apart in NW direction, seperated by the glacier Penckgletscher, Herzog-Ernst-Bucht, Prinzregent-Luitpold-Land, Coats Land. First ice-free 'Land in sight' during Deutsche Antarktische Expedition 1911/12 under Wilhelm Filchner.

Lake Farrell (AUS) 68° 31' 42.2" S 78° 18' 47.5" E Water body
Name ID: 1266 Place ID: 4474

A small lake about 0.8km south-east of the eastern end of Ekho Lake on Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. It is an important landmark on the route from Davis to Platcha. Named after L M Farrell, weather observer at Davis in 1970.

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