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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| Haller Rocks (GBR) | 64° 03' 00.0" S | 62° 07' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 109177
Place ID: 5905
in Bouquet Bay off NE Brabant Island, were photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Albrecht von Haller (1708-77), Swiss physiologist who made important contributions to medical knowledge, particularly concerning the mechanism of heart beat (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). |
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| Haller Rocks (USA) | 64° 04' 00.0" S | 62° 06' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 126115
Place ID: 5905
Small group of rocks in the E part of Bouquet Bay, lying 2 mi NW of the SW end of Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777), Swiss physiologist who made important contributions to medical knowledge (e.g., mechanism of heartbeat, action of bile). |
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| Haller, rocas (ARG) | 64° 03' 00.0" S | 62° 07' 00.0" W | Rock |
| Name ID: 101100 Place ID: 5905 | |||
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