Derek John Hatherall Searle (born Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, 1928 – 12 September 2003, Norwich)[1] and Petra Leay Searle (born Exeter, Devon, 2 December 1928) are a British couple known for surveying British Overseas Territories and Antarctica in the mid-20th Century.[2] Derek, a photographer and map librarian worked on the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition,[3][4] and Petra worked for Ordnance Survey International, mapping South Georgia.[5]
The Leay Glacier off the coast of Graham Land, Antarctica is named after Petra.[2] Mount Searle on Antartica's Horseshoe Island is named after Derek.[6]
References
- ^ Hattersley-Smith, Geoffrey (2004). "Obituary" (PDF). Polar Record. 40 (214). United Kingdom: 279–280. doi:10.1017/S003224740400381X.
- ^ a b "Leay Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ "The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1958–59". Polar Record. 10 (67): 391–396. 1961. doi:10.1017/S0032247400051627.
- ^ Searle, D. (1961). "The compilation of a reconnaissance map of Alexander Land, Antarctica, from trimetorgon air photographs". Empire Survey Review (119): 1–13.
- ^ Bomford, Tony (September 1999). "MAPPING SOUTH GEORGIA 1955 - 56" (PDF). The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Geomatics: 25 – via FIG.net.
- ^ "Mount Searle". AAD.gov.au. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
External link
- Transcript of interview with Petra from November 2009