Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Metchnikoff Point (RUS) | 64° 03' 00.0" S | 62° 35' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 119395 Place ID: 9482 | |||
| Metchnikoff Point (GBR) | 64° 02' 00.0" S | 62° 35' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110132
Place ID: 9482
W point of Pasteur Peninsula and N entrance point of Guyou Bay, Brabant Island, was charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Pointe Metchnikoff after Ilya Metchnikoff (1845-1916), Russian bacteriologist and Deputy Director at that time, Pasteur Institute, Paris; Nobel Laureate in medicine, 1908 (Charcot, 1906b, p.470; Matha and Rey, 1911, Pl.3). Point Metchnikoff (USHO, 1943, p.121). Cape Metchnikoff (USAAF chart 1762, 1946). Punta Metchnikoff (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.518; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.200). Mys Mechnikova (Guretskiy, 1954, p.46). Cabo Roux, in error (Cape Roux, q.v.) (Argentina. MM chart OO, 1954). Cabo Metchnikoff (Argentina. MM, 1956, p.85). The feature was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Metchnikoff Point (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). The point is the site of a plaque installed by JSEBI, 21 July 1984, to commemorate the first landing on the island by BeAE (d'Ursel Point, q.v.). |
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| Metchnikoff Point (USA) | 64° 03' 00.0" S | 62° 34' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 128834
Place ID: 9482
Point forming the W extremity of Pasteur Peninsula in northern Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the FrAE, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Elie Metchnikoff, Russian-born zoologist and bacteriologist, who succeeded Pasteur as director of the Pasteur Institute in Paris. |
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| Metchnikoff, punta (ARG) | 64° 02' 00.0" S | 62° 35' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101543 Place ID: 9482 | |||
| Metchnikoff, Punta (CHL) | 64° 04' 00.0" S | 62° 35' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 105934
Place ID: 9482
Fue denominada por la expedición Antártica Francesa de los años 1903-1905, del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, en honor de Elías Metchnikoff (1845- 1946); hombre de ciencia ruso, que fuera uno de los principales colaboradores de Luis Pasteur. Punta que limita la bahía Guyou por el N, al mismo tiempo que forma el extremo NW de la isla Brabante, archipiélago de Palmer. La punta es baja y está completamente cubierta de nieve. |
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