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
Nishino-ura Cove (USA) 69° 01' 00.0" S 39° 34' 00.0" E Cove
Name ID: 129436 Place ID: 10299

A cove indenting the western side of East Ongul Island. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Surveyed by JARE, 1957, and named Nishino-ura (western cove).

Nisi-no-ura (JPN) 69° 00' 30.0" S 39° 34' 00.0" E Cove
Name ID: 112473 Place ID: 10299

A cove indenting the western side of Higasi-Ongul Tô. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Surveyed by JARE, 1957, and named Nisi-no-ura (western cove).

Nisino-ura (RUS) 69° 01' 00.0" S 39° 34' 00.0" E Cove
Name ID: 119667 Place ID: 10299

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