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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| Derocher Peninsula (GBR) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 73° 20' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 108483
Place ID: 3552
Snow-covered peninsula between Brahms Inlet and Mendelssohn Inlet, N side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by FIDS, 1960. Named by US-ACAN after Cdr. Paul J. Derocher, USN, Commanding Officer, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), 1985 - 1986 (APC, 1991). |
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| Derocher Peninsula (USA) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 73° 20' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 124286
Place ID: 3552
Snow-covered peninsula between Brahms Inlet and Mendelssohn Inlet on the N side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of FIDS, 1960. Named by US-ACAN after Cdr. Paul J. Derocher, USN, Commanding Officer, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), May 1985 to May 1986. |
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