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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| Gerber Peak (GBR) | 65° 07' 00.0" S | 63° 17' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 109007
Place ID: 5266
rising to c. 500m SSW of Rahir Point, Flandres Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photography grouped in this area, named after Friedrich Gerber (1797-1872), Swiss veterinary surgeon who first suggested the use of photography for book illustration in 1839 (APC, 1960, p.4). |
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| Gerber Peak (USA) | 65° 07' 00.0" S | 63° 17' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 125630
Place ID: 5266
Peak 2 mi SSW of Rahir Point, standing close S of Thomson Cove, Flandres Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Friedrich Gerber (1797-1872), Swiss veterinary surgeon who first suggested the use of photography for book illustration, in 1839. |
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