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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| Mount Zeppelin (GBR) | 64° 27' 00.0" S | 61° 31' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 112036
Place ID: 16476
rising to c.850 m between Graham Passage and Recess Cove, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Portal Point", 1957-58; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German aeronautical engineer who perfected the large-scale rigid airship, 1894-1917 (APC, 1960, p.8; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961; [incorrectly referring to the summit 3 km to NNE] BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Mount Zeppelin (USA) | 64° 27' 00.0" S | 61° 31' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133967
Place ID: 16476
Mountain, 1,265 m, standing 3 mi SE of Eckener Point on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German aeronautical engineer who perfected the large-scale rigid airship, 1894-1917. |
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