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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| Chopin Ridge (POL) | 62° 08' 30.0" S | 58° 08' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 116420
Place ID: 2649
Ridge, maximum about 265 m high, between Low Head and Lions Rump, Bransfield Strait. Named in honour of the great Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849). |
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| Chopin Ridge (GBR) | 62° 08' 44.5" S | 58° 07' 55.9" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 108192
Place ID: 2649
running N-S and rising to c. 265m between Lions Rump and Low Head, King George Island, was so called by PAE after F. F. Chopin (Chopin Hill, q.v.) (Birkenmajer, 1980b, p. 71 and map Fig. 6, p. 74; APC, 1986, p. 3). Gran Chopina (Birkenmajer, 1980b, p. 72). |
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| Chopin Ridge (USA) | 62° 09' 00.0" S | 58° 08' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 123537
Place ID: 2649
A ridge running N-S and rising to 265 m between Lions Rump and Low Head, King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition to King George Island in the years 1977-79 after Frederic Chopin, Polish composer. |
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| Parker Peak (AUS) | 72° 12' 55.9" S | 68° 36' 41.1" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 2649
Place ID: 10908
The summit of a rock ridge in the southern part of Clemmence Massif, on the eastern side of the Lambert Glacier. The peak was the site of a geodetic survey station during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains Survey in 1971. Named after AD Parker, technical officer and a member of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1971. |
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