Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
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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| Beall Island (AUS) | 66° 18' 09.0" S | 110° 29' 02.3" E | Island |
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Name ID: 959
Place ID: 1047
An irregular-shaped island in the Windmill Islands, off Mitchell Peninsula, Budd Coast. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USCAN after J M Beall, US Weather Bureau observer with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48). |
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| Beall Island (RUS) | 66° 18' 00.0" S | 110° 29' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117004 Place ID: 1047 | |||
| Beall Island (USA) | 66° 18' 00.0" S | 110° 29' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 122311
Place ID: 1047
Rocky island, 1.1 mi long, with small coves indenting the E and W sides, lying 0.2 mi NW of Mitchell Peninsula in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the US-ACAN for James M. Beall, U.S. Weather Bureau observer with USN Operation Windmill who assisted staff aerology officers with forecasting duties. |
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| Bowl Island (AUS) | 67° 09' 00.0" S | 50° 49' 59.9" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1047
Place ID: 1687
An island with a bowl-like depression in the centre, just south of Beaver Island, Amundsen Bay. Discovered in 1956 by an ANARE airborne field party led by Peter W Crohn. |
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