Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Ancla, monte (ARG) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 42' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 100081
Place ID: 341
Forma parte de los montes Osterrieth, isla Amberes, archipiélago de Palmer y constituye la mayor altura de la cadena montañosa. Lo avistó por primera vez Adrián de Gerlache, jefe de la expedición antártica belga, pero su nombre actual se lo impuso la expedición francesa de 1908/10 que comandó el Dr. Charcot. Fue publicado en TSAA1. SHN carta H-714. |
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| Becar, Monte (CHL) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 41' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 134811
Place ID: 341
El nombre corresponde al apellido del cabo 1º fogonero Pedro Becar Torres, de la escampavía "Yelcho" de la Armada de Chile, quien participó en el rescate de los náufragos de la Expedición Británica de Sir Ernest Shackleton, en 1916. Monte de 714 metros de elevación, que se levanta a aproximadamente 2,5 millas al NNE del cabo Lancaster, extremo S de la isla Anvers, archipiélago de Palmer. |
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| Mount Ancla (USA) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 41' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 121785
Place ID: 341
Mountain, 815 m, which is snow covered except for a rock ridge on its S side, standing 2 mi N of Cape Lancaster, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The mountain was surveyed by the FIDS in 1944 and 1955. The name Monte Ancla (anchor mountain) first appears on an Argentine government chart of 1950. |
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| Mount Hindson (GBR) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 41' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 109320
Place ID: 341
rising to 815m NNE of Cape Lancaster, SE Anvers Island, was surveyed from the E by FIDS from "Port Lockroy" in 1944; called Monte Ancla [=anchor mountain] by AAE, possibly in reference to its use as an anchor bearing (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.268; Pierrou, 1970, p.164); resurveyed by FIDS from "Arthur Harbour" in 1955 and named Mount Hindson after William John Hindson (b. 1935), FIDS assistant surveyor, "Arthur Harbour", 1955-56 (APC, 1958, p.5; BA chart 3572, 25.vii.1958). Mount Ancla (USBGN, 1965, p.92). |
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