Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Estrella del Norte, Islote (CHL) | 68° 12' 00.0" S | 67° 05' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105516
Place ID: 10404
Fue cartografiada en forma rápida y por primera vez en 1936, por el BGLE al mando del comandante John Rymill. Reconocido por el FIDS en 1947 y llamado por el USMS., Estrella del Norte por los barcos de USAS, 1939-1941, quienes visitaron bahía Margarita en 1940. Islote rocoso bajo, a 1 milla NW al W de isla Neny, situado en bahía Margarita en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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| Northstar Island (GBR) | 68° 12' 00.0" S | 67° 06' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 110390
Place ID: 10404
the larger of two islands between Millerand Island and Neny Island, Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, was roughly surveyed by BGLE in 1936; called Isla Profesor Oliver Sch by CAE, 1947, after the expedition naturalist Prof. Carlos Oliver Schneider (Chile. DNH chart 530, 1947); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1947 and named North Star Islet (Adie, 1954, p.5) or Northstar Islet (APC, 1955, p.16; BA chart 3213, 23.iii.1956) after USMS North Star, one of the USAS ships which visited the area in March 1940. Northstar Island (APC, 1959a, p.9; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960). Islote Estrella del Norte [=north star islet] (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.199; IHA, 1974, p.118). Islotes Estrella del Norte, referring to the two islands (Chile. IH chart 1604, 1969). North Star Islands, referring to the two islands (BA chart 3213, 10.viii.1973). |
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| Northstar Island (USA) | 68° 11' 00.0" S | 67° 07' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 129499
Place ID: 10404
Low rocky island 1 mi NW of the W tip of Neny Island, lying in Marguerite Bay off the W coast of Graham Land. First roughly charted in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1947, and named by them for USMS North Star, one of the ships of the USAS, 1939-41, which visited Marguerite Bay in 1940. |
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