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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| Fothergill Point (GBR) | 64° 35' 00.0" S | 60° 14' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108889
Place ID: 4863
NE of Cape Worsley, Nordenskjöld Coast, was roughly surveyed by SwAE in 1902 and called Cabo Ruth (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 1, end map); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1960-61; named after Ian Ledgard Fothergill (b. 1937), FIDS meteorologist, "Hope Bay", 1960-62 (Base Leader, 1961-62) (APC, 1964, p.3; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Fothergill Point (USA) | 64° 35' 00.0" S | 60° 12' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 125317
Place ID: 4863
A low rocky coastal point 5 mi NE of Cape Worsley, on the E side of Graham Land. Named by UK-APC for Ian L. Fothergill, leader and meteorological assistant at the FIDS station at Hope Bay, 1959-63. |
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