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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| Mitchell Point (GBR) | 64° 13' 00.0" S | 62° 03' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110180
Place ID: 9676
S entrance point of Hill Bay, Brabant Island, was roughly charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe, 1951-52, further surveyed by FIDS from Norsel in 1955, and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914), American surgeon and founder of neurology in the United States (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). |
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| Mitchell Point (USA) | 64° 13' 00.0" S | 62° 03' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 128979
Place ID: 9676
Point at the S side of the entrance to Hill Bay on the E coast of Brabant 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 Silas W. Mitchell (1829-1914), American surgeon, founder of neurology in the United States. |
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| Mitchell, punta (ARG) | 64° 13' 00.0" S | 62° 03' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101571 Place ID: 9676 | |||
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