Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Hoskins Peak (GBR) | 67° 46' 00.0" S | 67° 37' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 109389
Place ID: 6638
rising to c. 900m in S Pourquoi Pas Island, was apparently not sighted during a survey of the area by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-50; photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Horseshoe Island" and "Stonington Island", 1956-59; incorrectly identified with Contact Peak (q.v.) (APC, 1960, p.3); later named Hoskins Peak after Arthur Keith Hoskins (b. 1935), FIDS geologist, "Stonington Island", 1958-59, and "Horseshoe Island", 1959-60 (APC, 1962, p.17; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Hoskins Peak (USA) | 67° 46' 00.0" S | 67° 36' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 126732
Place ID: 6638
A peak 3 mi W of Contact Peak in southern Pourquoi Pas Island, Graham Land. Mapped by FIDS from surveys, 1956-59. Named by UK-APC for Arthur K. Hoskins, FIDS geologist at Stonington Island in 1958 and Horseshoe Island in 1959. |
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