Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Bazzano Island (GBR) | 65° 11' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 107706
Place ID: 1033
SW of Petermann Island, Graham Coast, was charted by FAE, 1908-10, and named Île Bazzano, probably after a supporter of the expedition (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 5). Bazzano Islet (USHO, 1943, p.138). Islote Bazzano (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.290; Pierrou, 1970, p.194). Bazzano Island, following air photography by FIDASE in 1956-57 (APC, 1959a, p.4). |
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| Bazzano Island (USA) | 65° 11' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 122298
Place ID: 1033
Small island lying off the S end of Petermann Island, between Lisboa and Boudet Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered and named by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot. |
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| Bazzano, islote (ARG) | 65° 11' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 100229 Place ID: 1033 | |||
| Georges Islands (AUS) | 66° 51' 22.3" S | 56° 48' 39.6" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1033
Place ID: 10952
A group of three small islands in Edward VIII Gulf in Kemp Land. Two of the islands, joined by ice, were called Tvillingane (The Twins) by Norwegian cartographers who plotted them from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). The third island was called Tvillingstakken (The Twin Stack). |
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