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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| Piton Island (USA) | 66° 47' 00.0" S | 141° 36' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 130175
Place ID: 11326
Small rocky island lying 0.1 mi SW of Guano Island in the Curzon Islands. Charted in 1951 by the FrAE and so named by them for its very pointed shape. |
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| Piton, Île (FRA) | 66° 46' 36.0" S | 141° 35' 45.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 107376
Place ID: 11326
Îlot rocheux pointu proche de la falaise de glace côtière, l'une des dernières au sud-est des îles Curzon, dans la région du cap de la Découverte. Nom descriptif dont la variante ancienne est Île du Piton. |
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