Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Soldat Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Soldat Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An island in the southern part of the entrance to Long Fjord, Vestfold Hills. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954, 1957 and 1958) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956).
The island was called Ostrov Soldat (Soldier Island) on Soviet Map R-44-13,14.
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