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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| Odbert Island (AUS) | 66° 22' 23.9" S | 110° 32' 28.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 912
Place ID: 10538
An island off the Windmill Islands, west of Robinson Ridge, on the Budd Coast. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Lieutenant J.A. Odbert, USN assistant aerological officer on USN Operation Windmill (1947-48). |
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| Odbert Island (RUS) | 66° 22' 00.0" S | 110° 32' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 119739 Place ID: 10538 | |||
| Odbert Island (USA) | 66° 22' 00.0" S | 110° 33' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 129603
Place ID: 10538
Rocky island, 1.5 mi long, between Ardery Island and Robinson Ridge 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 Lt. Jack A. Odbert, USN, assistant aerological officer with USN Operation Windmill which established astronomical control stations in the area in January 1948. |
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