Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Auster Rookery (AUS) | 67° 23' 46.0" S | 63° 57' 02.5" E | Colony |
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Name ID: 2462
Place ID: 655
An Emperor penguin colony on sea-ice, sheltered by grounded icebergs about 51 km ENE of Mawson. Discovered in August, 1957, by Flying Officer, D. Johnston RAAF from an ANARE Auster aircraft, after which it was named. |
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| Centre Island (RUS) | 67° 53' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 117404 Place ID: 2462 | |||
| Centre Island (GBR) | 67° 52' 00.0" S | 66° 58' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 108130
Place ID: 2462
in Square Bay, Fallières Coast, was mapped and named descriptively by BGLE in 1936-37 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.432; BA chart 3196, 12.xi.1948; APC, 1955, p.7; DCS 601 sheet 67 66, 1954); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49. Center Island (USHO, 1943, p.159; USBGN, 1956, p.81). Île du Centre (Rouch, 1944, map p.13). Isla Centro (Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.71). Isla Centre (Argentina. MM chart 109, 1949). Isla del Centro (Argentina. MM chart 132, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.245). |
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| Centre Island (USA) | 67° 52' 00.0" S | 66° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 123408
Place ID: 2462
Island 4 mi long and 2 mi wide, lying 1 mi S of Broken Island in the S part of Square Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. |
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| Centro, Isla (CHL) | 67° 52' 00.0" S | 66° 58' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105301
Place ID: 2462
Fue descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Británica de 1934-1937, al mando de Rymill, quien la denominó isla Centre, seguramente por la posición que ocupa dentro de bahía Cuadrada. Para aprovechar su condición de nombre descriptivo, fue traducido por el Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada de Chile en 1947 como isla Centro. Isla de 4 millas de extensión en sentido E-W por unas 2 en sentido N-S, situada al S de isla Broken, más o menos al centro de bahía Cuadrada, en bahía Margarita, costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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| Centro, isla del (ARG) | 67° 52' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 100468 Place ID: 2462 | |||
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