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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| Baillieu Peak (AUS) | 67° 52' 09.7" S | 60° 46' 17.4" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 2060
Place ID: 769
A peak about 1,380 m above sea level, approximately 48 km south of Cape Bruce in Mac. Robertson Land. Discovered on 8 February 1931, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Clive Latham Baillieu (later Baron Baillieu), who subscribed to the cost of the expedition. |
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| Burden Passage (RUS) | 63° 08' 00.0" S | 56° 33' 00.0" W | Passage |
| Name ID: 117310 Place ID: 2060 | |||
| Burden Passage (GBR) | 63° 08' 00.0" S | 56° 32' 00.0" W | Passage |
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Name ID: 108016
Place ID: 2060
running NW-SE between d'Urville Island and Bransfield Island, was charted by FIDS in January 1947 from Trepassey on the first navigation of the passage; named after Capt. Eugene Moores Burden (1892-1979), of Carbonear, Newfoundland, Master of Trepassey, 1946-47 (BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p. 6; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Estrecho Burden (Argentine. MM, 1953, p. 314; Pierrou, 1970, p. 225). The passage was photo- graphed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Paso Burden (Chile. DNH chart 1400, 1961; IHA, 1974, p. 60). Proliv Berden (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Burden Passage (USA) | 63° 08' 00.0" S | 56° 32' 00.0" W | Passage |
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Name ID: 123096
Place ID: 2060
A marine passage between D'Urville Island and Bransfield Island, off the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. Charted in 1947 by the FIDS and named after Eugene Burden (1892-1979), who, as master of the Trepassey, first navigated the passage in January 1947. |
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| Burden, estrecho (ARG) | 63° 08' 00.0" S | 56° 32' 00.0" W | Passage |
| Name ID: 100378 Place ID: 2060 | |||
| Burden, Paso (CHL) | 63° 08' 00.0" S | 56° 36' 00.0" W | Passage |
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Name ID: 105261
Place ID: 2060
Cartografiada en 1947 por el FIDS de 1947-1948, al mando del Mayor K.S.P. Butler, en las naves "Fitz-Roy" y "Trepassey". El FIDS le puso el nombre por el apellido de Eugene Burden, el cual, como capitán de la nave "Trepassey", navegó por primera vez este paso. Este paso separa a la isla D'Urville de la isla Bransfield, ambas situadas frente al extremo NE de la península Luis Felipe. |
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