Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Impregnable Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Impregnable Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
"Unusually high and steep-sided island in the north west Rauer Group, situated 3.5km to the north north west of Filla Island trig point. Named Impregnable Island as it was not possible to land on it on any of 3 occasions that it was flown to or over by ANARE during geological field surveys in 1983 and 1988."
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