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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| Owen Island (GBR) | 61° 55' 59.6" S | 58° 23' 18.9" W | Island |
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Name ID: 110466
Place ID: 10784
between Round Point and Pottinger Point, N King George Island, was charted by DI, 1934-35, and named possibly after Vice-Adm. William FitzWilliam Owen (1774-1857), naval hydrographer (Nelson and others, chart, 1935c; BA chart 3205, 1945; APC, 1955, p.16; DOS 610 sheet W 62 58, 1968). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Isla Redonda [=round island], in association with the point (Argentina. MM chart 126, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.618). Isla Round, as rejected form (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.9). |
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| Owen Island (USA) | 61° 56' 00.0" S | 58° 26' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 129762
Place ID: 10784
Island lying between Round Point and Pottinger Point close off the N coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. |
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| Owen, isla (ARG) | 61° 56' 00.0" S | 58° 24' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101755 Place ID: 10784 | |||
| Owen, Isla (CHL) | 61° 55' 00.0" S | 58° 24' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 106049
Place ID: 10784
Fue cartografiada y denominada en 1935 por personal de la Discovery II. Isla de alrededor de 4 cables de largo, situada aproximadamente a 2,5 millas al WNW, de punta Redonda, retirada 6 cables de la costa N de la isla Rey Jorge, en las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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