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    Augustus Heinrich Petermann (18 April 1822 – 25 September 1878) was a German cartographer. Petermann was born in Bleicherode, Germany. When he was 14...
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  • Heinrich Petermann may refer to the following people. August Heinrich Petermann (1822 – 1878), German cartographer Julius Heinrich Petermann (1801 – 1876)...
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    The glacier and its fjord are named after German cartographer August Heinrich Petermann. The tidewater glacier consists of a 70 km (43 mi) long and 15 km...
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    Julius Heinrich Petermann (August 12, 1801, in Glauchau – June 10, 1876, in Bad Nauheim) was a German Orientalist. In 1829, Petermann received his PhD...
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  • boundaries, and which was named after the German cartographer, August Heinrich Petermann by the explorer, Ernest Giles, in 1874. The locality’s boundary...
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  • André Petermann (1922–2011), Swiss physicist Andreas Petermann (born 1957), German cyclist Anke Petermann, German radio journalist August Heinrich Petermann...
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  • equivalent in height to the Himalayas. The Petermanns were named for the geographer August Heinrich Petermann by Ernest Giles, the first European explorer...
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    cartographer August Heinrich Petermann. The house where Petermann was born: Neue Straße 3, Bleicherode Memorial for August Petermann in Bleicherode August Heinrich...
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    The fjord and its glacier are named after German cartographer August Heinrich Petermann. Knud Rasmussen described the fjord entrance in the following...
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    Between 1860 and 1874 North of Franz Josef Land, named after August Heinrich Petermann. Isle Phelipeaux 1744 A nonexistent island in Lake Superior referenced...
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