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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Du Fief, sierra (ARG) | 64° 50' 00.0" S | 63° 25' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 100739 Place ID: 3936 | |||
| Du Fief, Sierra (BEL) | 64° 52' 00.0" S | 63° 28' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 104926
Place ID: 3936
Jean Du Fief était Secrétaire et fondateur de la Société Royale de Géographie a Bruxelles. |
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| Du Fief, Sierra (CHL) | 64° 52' 00.0" S | 63° 28' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 105468
Place ID: 3936
Fue descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Belga de 1897-1899 al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache, quien le llamó así por J. Du Fief, en ese tiempo, secretario general de la Real Sociedad Geográfica de Bélgica. Cordillera de montañas con numerosos picos agudos, el más alto de 1.435 metros de elevación y se extiende en una dirección NE-SW alrededor de 5 millas en la mitad SW de isla Wiencke del archipiélago de Palmer. |
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| DuFief, Sierra (USA) | 64° 52' 00.0" S | 63° 28' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124566
Place ID: 3936
A mountain range 4 mi long with numerous sharp peaks, the highest 1, 415 m, extending in a NE-SW direction in the S part of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1897-99, and named by Gerlache for Jean DuFief, then general secretary of the Belgian Royal Geographical Society. |
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| Fief Mountains (GBR) | 64° 52' 00.0" S | 63° 29' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 108789
Place ID: 3936
rising to 1415m and including Luigi Peak and Janssen Peak, SW Wiencke Island, were roughly mapped by BeAE in February 1898, when the name Sierra du Fief was applied to all the mountains in central Wiencke Island, after Prof. Jean du Fief, Secretary, Société Royale Belge de Géographie, and a member of the Commission de la Belgica (Lecointe, map, 1899; Gerlache, 1900b, p.475; Lecointe, 1900a, map facing p.132); the name was later limited to the present feature (BA chart 3205, 1.iii.1929; Pierrou, 1970, p.326; APC, 1955, p.9; BA chart 3572, 29.xi.1974; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.107). Monts du Fief (Arçtowski, 1900, p.120). The mountains were further surveyed by FAE, 1903-05, and by FIDS from "Port Lockroy"in 1944. Sierra del Feudo [Spanish translation of personal name] (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947). du Fief Sierra (BA chart 3213, 25.iv.1952). The mountains were resurveyed by FIDS from Norsel and from "Arthur Harbour"in 1955. Fief Mountains (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). Sierra du Fief Range (USHO, 1963, p.159). Sierra DuFief (USBGN, 1965, p.96). Fief Mountains (Sierra du Fief) (BA, 1976, p.3). |
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