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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| Whittle Peninsula (GBR) | 63° 49' 00.0" S | 59° 48' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 111927
Place ID: 16006
forming W side of Charcot Bay and terminating in Cape Kater, Davis Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1959-60 (BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974); in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Air Cdre Sir Frank Whittle, RAF (b. 1907), British pioneer of gas turbines for jet propulsion of aircraft from 1937 onwards (APC, 1980, p.5). |
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| Whittle Peninsula (USA) | 63° 49' 00.0" S | 59° 48' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 133667
Place ID: 16006
A peninsula, 5 mi long, terminating in Cape Kater and forming the W limit of Charcot Bay on Davis Coast, Graham Land. Surveyed by the SwedAE in December 1902. Named in 1977 by the UK-APC after Sir Frank Whittle, Air Commodore, RAF, British pioneer of gas turbines for jet propulsion of aircraft from 1937. |
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