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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| Galen Peak (GBR) | 64° 23' 00.0" S | 62° 25' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 108952
Place ID: 5070
rising to 1520m in Solvay Mountains, S 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 Galen (138-201), born in Pergamon, Asia Minor, the most eminent Roman doctor of his time and author of numerous works on anatomy, medicine and surgery (APC, 1960, p.4; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Galen Peak (USA) | 64° 22' 00.0" S | 62° 26' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 125492
Place ID: 5070
Peak 3 mi W of Buls Bay, standing at the S side of Hippocrates Glacier in the S part of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First mapped by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Photographed by Hunting Aersurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Galen (138-201), the most eminent Roman doctor of his time, author of numerous works on medicine, surgery and anatomy. |
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