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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| Fitzmaurice Point (GBR) | 66° 16' 00.0" S | 63° 43' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108817
Place ID: 4652
at the head of Cabinet Inlet, Foyn Coast, between Attlee Glacier and Bevin Glacier, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1946-48 (BAS 500G sheet 3, 1981); named after Sir Gerald Gray Fitzmaurice (1901-82), Legal Adviser, Foreign Office, 1953-60 (Second Legal Adviser, 1945-53), who served Cabinet Ministers commemorated in this area; Chairman, APC, 1952-60 (APC, 1986, p. 3). |
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| Fitzmaurice Point (USA) | 66° 16' 00.0" S | 63° 43' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 125141
Place ID: 4652
A point on the NW side of Cabinet Inlet, Foyn Coast, between Attlee Glacier and Bevin Glacier. Photographed from the air by RARE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS in December 1947. Named in 1985 by UK-APC after Sir Gerald G. Fitzmaurice (1901-82), Legal Advisor, Foreign Office, 1953-60 (Second Legal Advisor, 1945-53), who served Cabinet Ministers commemorated in this area; Chairman, UK-APC, 1952-60. |
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