Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mirnyy Peak (RUS) | 69° 20' 00.0" S | 72° 34' 00.0" W | Peak |
| Name ID: 119455 Place ID: 9649 | |||
| Mirnyy Peak (GBR) | 69° 31' 00.0" S | 72° 28' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 110170
Place ID: 9649
rising to c. 800m in N Rothschild Island, was sighted by RAE in January 1821; photographed from the air on USN Operation "Highjump", 9 February 1947, and mapped from the air photographs by FIDS in 1959; named after the RAE sloop Mirnyy (Leytenant M.P. Lazarev, Lazarev Bay, q.v.) in association with Cape Vostok (q.v.) ([in 69°20'S 72°34'W] APC, 1961, p.3; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1975] BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/5 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978; APC, 1986, p.3). Pik Mirnyy (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). |
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| Mirnyy Peak (USA) | 69° 20' 00.0" S | 72° 34' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 128958
Place ID: 9649
Prominent peak, 750 m, 4 mi NE of Enigma Peak in the N part of Rothschild Island. Presumably first seen from a distance by the Russian expedition of 1821 under Bellingshausen. Photographed from the air by the USAS, 1939-41, and roughly mapped. Mapped in detail from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC for the sloop Mirnyy, one of the ships of the Bellingshausen expedition. |
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