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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| Nusser Island (GBR) | 65° 44' 00.0" S | 65° 43' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 110400
Place ID: 10457
off Zubov Bay, Renaud Island, Biscoe Islands, was charted by AAE (Argentina. MM chart 130, 1957) and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of sea-ice specialists grouped in this area, named after Franz Nusser (1902-87), German meterologist of Austrian birth and authority on Arctic sea ice; member of expeditions to Iceland and Svalbard; sometime Professor of Polar Geography, University of Hamburg (APC, 1959a, p.9; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960). |
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| Nusser Island (USA) | 65° 43' 00.0" S | 65° 43' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 129542
Place ID: 10457
Island lying 1.5 mi N of Laktionov Island, off the E side of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the UK-APC in 1959 for Franz Nusser, Austrian meteorologist who has specialized in sea ice studies. |
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| Nusser, isla (ARG) | 65° 44' 00.0" S | 65° 43' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101713 Place ID: 10457 | |||
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