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
Bernard Island (USA) 66° 40' 00.0" S 140° 02' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 122459 Place ID: 1239

Rocky island 0.25 mi long lying 0.05 mi E of Buffon Islands in the Geologie Archipelago. Charted in 1951 by the FrAE and named by them for Claude Bernard (1813-78), noted French physiologist.

Claude Bernard Island (RUS) 66° 40' 00.0" S 140° 02' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 117484 Place ID: 1239

Claude-Bernard, Île (FRA) 66° 39' 44.0" S 140° 01' 46.0" E Island
Name ID: 107257 Place ID: 1239

Île rocheuse d'allure massive située dans la partie centrale de l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; nom donné en l'honneur du célèbre physiologiste français Claude Bernard (1813-1878).

Waterfall Lake (AUS) 68° 32' 57.0" S 78° 20' 08.0" E Water body
Name ID: 1239 Place ID: 15768

This small lake in the Vestfold Hills lies beneath a steep cliff which itself feeds the lake during the summer melt.

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