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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| Orr Island (NZL) | 77° 38' 00.0" S | 149° 36' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 139951
Place ID: 10692
An ice-covered island, 10.6km long east-west and 5km wide north-south, being 5km south-southwest of Grinder Island in Marshall Archipelago, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. |
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| Orr Island (USA) | 77° 38' 00.0" S | 149° 36' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 129709
Place ID: 10692
An ice-covered island 5 mi long, lying 3 mi SW of Grinder Island in Marshall Archipelago, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Thomas E. Orr, Supply Officer and Officer-in-Charge of the Para Rescue Team of USN Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze 1968. |
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