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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| Beaver Island (AUS) | 67° 07' 00.1" S | 50° 46' 59.9" E | Island |
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Name ID: 956
Place ID: 1071
An island about 7 km long and 4 km wide, rising to 567 m above sea level, on the southern flank of Beaver Glacier in Amundsen Bay. Discovered by an ANARE party led by Peter W Crohn who visited it in October, 1956. So named because of its proximity to Beaver Glacier. |
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| Beaver Island (RUS) | 67° 08' 00.0" S | 50° 52' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117015 Place ID: 1071 | |||
| Beaver Island (USA) | 67° 07' 00.0" S | 50° 47' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 122333
Place ID: 1071
Island 2 mi long and 1 mi wide, on the S flank of Beaver Glacier in Amundsen Bay. First visited in 1956 by an ANARE party led by P.W. Crohn, and so named because of its proximity to Beaver Glacier. |
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| Filla Island (AUS) | 68° 48' 28.8" S | 77° 51' 22.7" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1071
Place ID: 4592
A rocky island about 5 1/2 km long and 85m high. It is the largest island of the Rauer Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Filla. |
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