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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| Proclamation Island (AUS) | 65° 50' 20.0" S | 53° 41' 02.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 963
Place ID: 11645
A small, rocky island about 244 m high, about 6 km west of Cape Batterbee and 2 km off the coast of Enderby Land. |
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| Proclamation Island (RUS) | 65° 50' 00.0" S | 53° 40' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 120100 Place ID: 11645 | |||
| Proclamation Island (USA) | 65° 51' 00.0" S | 53° 41' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 130388
Place ID: 11645
Small rocky island 2.5 mi W of Cape Batterbee and close E of Aagaard Islands. Discovered by the BANZARE under Mawson, 1929-31, and so named, following the reading of a proclamation on its summit on Jan. 13, 1930 claiming the area for the British Crown. |
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