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
Nesøya (NOR) 69° 00' 00.0" S 39° 34' 00.0" E
Name ID: 115652 Place ID: 10177

Island in Flatvær, N of Ongul on Kronprins Olav Kyst. N.=the point island.

Nesøya (RUS) 69° 00' 00.0" S 39° 35' 00.0" E
Name ID: 119614 Place ID: 10177

Nesøya (USA) 69° 00' 00.0" S 39° 35' 00.0" E
Name ID: 129342 Place ID: 10177

Island, 0.5 mi long, lying close off the N point of East Ongul Island in the E side of the entrance of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Nesoya (the point island).

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