Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Amarillo, pico (ARG) | 61° 57' 00.0" S | 57° 51' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 100068
Place ID: 1860
Al SE de punta Falsa Redonda, isla 25 de Mayo, islas Shetland del Sur. El nombre fue puesto por el color amarillo de sus laderas. Fue publicado en TSAA1. SHN carta H-711. |
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| Brimstone Peak (GBR) | 61° 55' 07.6" S | 57° 45' 01.7" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 107955
Place ID: 1860
rising to c. 120m on W side of Emerald Cove, SW of North Foreland, King George Island, was charted by Powell in 1821-22 and called North Foreland (Powell, chart, 1822a; Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847, Pl. 43). Nord Vorland (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 following p.304). The feature was recharted by DI in 1937 and named descriptively Brimstone Bluff (Hill and others, chart, 1937b; BA, 1942, p.41) or Brimstone Peak (Hill, 1937; Deacon, 1939, p.203; APC, 1960, p.3; DOS 610 sheet W 62 56, 1968). Brimstone Point (Ommanney, 1938, p.296). Morne Brimstone (France. SHM, 1954, p.45). The peak was photographed from the air by FIDASE in December 1956. Pico Brimstone (Argentina. MM, 1958b, p.61; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.56). Pico Amarillo [=yellow peak] (Argentina. MM, 1960a, p.5; Pierrou, 1970, p.162). Pik Amaril'o, incorrectly shown SE of Bolinder Bluff (Govorukha and Simonov, 1973a, map p.9). |
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| Brimstone Peak (USA) | 61° 55' 00.0" S | 57° 45' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 122944
Place ID: 1860
Conspicuous peak surmounting the rocky headland between Venus Bay and Emerald Bay, on the N coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name North Foreland originally appeared for this feature on a chart by British sealer Capt. George Powell in 1822, but this name has since become firmly established for the NE cape of King George Island. The name Brimstone was applied in 1937 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, because of its yellow color. |
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| Brimstone, Pico (CHL) | 61° 56' 00.0" S | 57° 51' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 105240
Place ID: 1860
Este accidente recibe este nombre descriptivo debido al color amarillento que presenta, similar al azufre (Brimstone). Pico acantilado de 474 metros de elevación, situado a 7,8 millas al WSW del promontorio Norte de la isla Rey Jorge, islas Shetland del Sur. |
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| Young Nunataks (AUS) | 66° 43' 59.9" S | 54° 07' 59.9" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1860
Place ID: 16383
A group of nunataks, south of Mount Elkins in the Napier Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after William F. Young, electrical fitter at Mawson in 1961. |
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