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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Einthoven Hill (GBR) | 64° 15' 00.0" S | 62° 09' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 108648
Place ID: 4128
rising to c. 850m in E Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Willem Einthoven (1860-1927), Dutch inventor of the electrocardiograph; Nobel Laureate in physiology, 1924 (APC, 1960, p.4; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Einthoven Hill (USA) | 64° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 09' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 124727
Place ID: 4128
Hill 3 mi SW of Mitchell Point on the E side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Willem Einthoven (1860-1927), Dutch inventor of the electrocardiograph. |
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