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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| Drygalski Island (AUS) | 65° 45' 00.0" S | 92° 30' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1082
Place ID: 3903
An ice-capped island, with a dome about 327 m high, about 85 km north of the coast of Queen Mary Land. Discovered by A.A.E. (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Professor Erich von Drygalski, leader of the German Antarctic Expedition (1901-03) Drygalski in 1902. |
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| Drygalski Island (RUS) | 65° 45' 00.0" S | 92° 28' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117785 Place ID: 3903 | |||
| Drygalski Island (USA) | 65° 45' 00.0" S | 92° 30' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 124540
Place ID: 3903
A domed, ice-capped island that is 11 mi long and rises to 325m, lying 45 mi NNE of Cape Filchner. Viewed from the continental coast in November 1912 by members of the Western Base Party of the AAE, and observed more closely from the Aurora on the homeward bound journey in January 1914. Thought to be ¿Drygalskis High Land" charted by Prof. Erich von Drygalski of the GerAE in 1902, his name was given to the island. |
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