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
Monge Island (USA) 66° 47' 00.0" S 141° 29' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 129033 Place ID: 9755

Small rocky island immediately S of La Conchee and 0.5 mi NE of Cape Mousse. Charted in 1951 by the FrAE and named after Gaspard Monge (1746-1818), French mathematician.

Monge, Île (FRA) 66° 47' 14.0" S 141° 28' 55.0" E Island
Name ID: 107352 Place ID: 9755

Petit îlot rocheux situé entre la presqu'île de Port-Martin et le cap de la Découverte, au nord-est du cap des Mousses. Nom donné en l'honneur du mathématicien français Gaspard Monge (1746-1818).

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