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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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