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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| Virchow Hill (GBR) | 64° 06' 00.0" S | 62° 18' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 111780
Place ID: 15535
rising to c.750 m on SW side of Bouquet Bay, NE Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Dr. Rudolph Virchow (1821-1902), German pioneer of pathological research (APC, 1960, p.8; BAS 250 SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Virchow Hill (USA) | 64° 07' 00.0" S | 62° 17' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 133285
Place ID: 15535
Hill between Lister and Pare Glaciers in the N part of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Rudolph Virchow (1821-1902), German pioneer of pathological research. |
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| Virchow, cerro (ARG) | 64° 06' 00.0" S | 62° 18' 00.0" W | Hill |
| Name ID: 102426 Place ID: 15535 | |||
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