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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| Gouverneur Island (RUS) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 139° 57' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 118258 Place ID: 5552 | |||
| Gouverneur Island (USA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 139° 57' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 125847
Place ID: 5552
Low rocky island 1.2 mi WSW of Petrel Island and 2.4 mi E of Cape Geodesie in the S part of Geologie Archipelago. Photographed from the air by Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Charted and named by the FrAE under Liotard, 1949-51. Liotard was the first man to encamp on the island and, as leader of the FrAE, also held the honorary post of governor. |
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| Gouverneur, Île du (FRA) | 66° 40' 15.0" S | 139° 57' 05.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 107307
Place ID: 5552
Importante île mi-rocheuse, mi-glaciaire, presque aussi étendue que l'île des Pétrels, située dans la baie Pierre-Lejay, à l'extrémité sud-ouest de l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; nom donné d'après le titre du chef de la première expédition en terre Adélie, André-Frank Liotard, représentant officiel de la République française, qui y séjourna au cours du raid d'exploration de l'archipel en 1950. |
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