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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| Line Islands (GBR) | 67° 55' 00.0" S | 67° 14' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 109843
Place ID: 8475
running E-W between Camp Point and Horseshoe Island, Fallières Coast, were charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe in 1966 and so named because they lie in a straight line (BA, 1972, p.40; APC, 1974, p.5; BA chart 3570, 23.vii.1976). |
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| Line Islands (USA) | 67° 56' 00.0" S | 67° 14' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 128074
Place ID: 8475
Small group of islands between Horseshoe Island and Camp Point, lying off the W side of Graham Land. First plotted by BGLE, 1934-37. The name, applied by UK-APC in 1971, is descriptive of the group which lies in a straight line. |
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| Línea, islotes (ARG) | 67° 55' 00.0" S | 67° 15' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101392 Place ID: 8475 | |||
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