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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| Bremeninsel (DEU) | 64° 19' 18.0" S | 62° 56' 06.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 135152
Place ID: 17806
The island is ca 1 km by 1 km large and ice-covered by 95%. It belongs to the group of Melchior Islands, Danco Coast, Palmer Archipelago, on the W side of the Antarctic Peninsula. On older maps (Arg. 1957/UK Hydr. Office 1986/BAS 1974) it is represented as a part of Omega Island. The existence of a channel between the two islands was detected during a cruise of the MS 'Bremen' by a zodiac excursion on 2003-FEB-02. |
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| Zeta Island (GBR) | 64° 19' 12.0" S | 62° 56' 09.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 138333
Place ID: 17806
Island in the East Melchior Islands chain, part of the Melchior Islands in Dallmann Bay, in the Palmer Archipelago. The island was created by changes in ice cover opening a channel between Omega Island and Zeta Island. Named in continuation of the naming theme of letters of the Greek alphabet established in the Melchior Islands. |
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