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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Horatio Stump (GBR) | 62° 12' 46.5" S | 59° 00' 21.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 109374
Place ID: 6591
rising to 165m at SW end of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS, 1956-57; in association with the names of nineteenth-century sealers in this area, named after the sealing ship Horatio (Capt. J. Weeks, Weeks Stack, q.v.) from London, which visited the South Shetland Islands, 1820-21 (APC, 1960, p.5; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Mushroom Hill, so called from its flat top (Hawkes, 1961, p.15). Pico Horatio Stump (Brazil. PenÃnsula Fildes map, 1984). |
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| Horatio Stump (USA) | 62° 13' 00.0" S | 59° 01' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 126691
Place ID: 6591
Flat-topped hill, 165 m, lying immediately E of Flat Top Peninsula at the SW end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for the sealing vessel Shetland Islands in 1820-21. |
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| Horatiobach (DEU) | 62° 13' 00.0" S | 59° 01' 00.0" W | Watercourse |
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Name ID: 106930
Place ID: 6591
A creek flowing from Horatio Stump into Horatiobucht, at the SW coast of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Named during expeditions conducted from 1982 to 1985, organized by the Geographical Institute of the University of Heidelberg and the Geomorphological Laboratory of the Freie Universtät Berlin. |
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