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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| Dumbbell Island (GBR) | 68° 43' 00.0" S | 67° 35' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 108587
Place ID: 3945
W-most of the Terra Firma Islands, off Mikkelsen Bay, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948 and named Dumbbell Islet from its shape (APC, 1955, p.9; DCS 601 sheet 68 66, 1955). Dumbbell Island (APC, 1959a, p.6; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961). |
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| Dumbbell Island (USA) | 68° 43' 00.0" S | 67° 35' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 124572
Place ID: 3945
Low rocky island lying 1 mi W of Alamode Island in the Terra Firma Islands, off the W coast of Graham Land. The island was surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, who so named it because of its shape. |
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| Dumbell, islote (ARG) | 68° 43' 00.0" S | 67° 35' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 100752 Place ID: 3945 | |||
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