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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Papua Island (RUS) | 63° 08' 00.0" S | 55° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
Name ID: 119846 Place ID: 10880 | |||
Papua Island (GBR) | 63° 08' 00.0" S | 55° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
Name ID: 110495
Place ID: 10880
the larger of two small islands in Larsen Channel, W of Boreal Point, Joinville Island, was roughly charted by AAE, 1953-54, and named Islote PapĂșa because of the gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) |
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Papua Island (USA) | 63° 07' 00.0" S | 55° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
Name ID: 129836
Place ID: 10880
Small circular island lying 4 mi W of Boreal Point, off the N coast of Joinville Island. The name was applied by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition (1953-54) because large numbers of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) were sighted on this island. |
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PapĂșa, islote (ARG) | 63° 08' 00.0" S | 55° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
Name ID: 101778 Place ID: 10880 |
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