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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Fogg Highland (GBR) | 72° 45' 00.0" S | 60° 50' 00.0" W | Hillock |
Name ID: 108858
Place ID: 4770
between Violante Inlet and Clowes Glacier, SW of Cape Herdman, Black Coast, bounded to the W by Heezen Glacier, was surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947 and photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67; in association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers and marine biologists grouped in this area, named after Gordon Elliott ("Tony") Fogg (1919-2005), Professor of Marine Biology, University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1971-85, who conducted research in the Antarctic Peninsula area in conjunction with BAS in 1966, 1974 and 1979; Chairman, BAS Scientific Advisory Committee, 1970-86 (APC, 1982, p. 3). |
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Fogg Highland (USA) | 72° 45' 00.0" S | 60° 50' 00.0" W | Hillock |
Name ID: 125234
Place ID: 4770
An ice-covered upland, 20 mi long and 10 mi wide, on the Black Coast, Palmer Land, terminating on the NE in Cape Herdman and bounded on the N by Violante Inlet and on the S by Clowes Glacier. The feature was photographed from the air by the USAS in 1940, the RARE in 1947, and the USN, 1965-67; surveyed by the joint RARE-FIDS sledge party in November 1947. Named in 1981 by the UK-APC after Gordon E. Fogg, Professor of Marine Biology, University College of North Wales, 1971-85, who conducted research in the Antarctic Peninsula area in conjunction with BAS in 1966, 1974, and 1979; Chairman, BAS Scientific Advisory Committee, 1970-86. |
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