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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Pullen Island (RUS) | 72° 35' 00.0" S | 61° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 120122 Place ID: 11703 | |||
| Pullen Island (GBR) | 72° 31' 00.0" S | 60° 59' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 110735
Place ID: 11703
in Violante Inlet, Black Coast, on the landward side of Larsen Ice Shelf, ice-covered except for a 500-m rock face at its NE end, was photographed from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940, and named after William A. Pullen, USN, aviation machinist's mate at the expedition's "East Base" ([in 73°00'S 59°15'W] USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; [in 72°35'S 60°57'W] BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.17; DCS 601 sheet 72 60, 1956; [co-ordinates corrected] APC, 1977, p.27; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Isla Pullen (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.608; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.242). The island was surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947 and found to lie c. 75km NW of its reported position. Ostrov Pullen (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The island was further photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS. |
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| Pullen Island (USA) | 72° 35' 00.0" S | 60° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 130425
Place ID: 11703
Snow-covered island 5 mi long, which rises to 495 m at its N end, lying near the center of Violante Inlet along the E coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the USAS in a flight from East Base on Dec. 30, 1940, and named for William A. Pullen, Aviation Machinist's Mate at the East Base. |
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| Pullen, isla (ARG) | 72° 31' 00.0" S | 60° 59' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101920 Place ID: 11703 | |||
| Pullen, Isla (CHL) | 72° 35' 00.0" S | 60° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 106128
Place ID: 11703
Isla llamada así por William A. Pullen, mecánico de aviación de la base Este del USAS. Isla de 5 millas de largo y cubierta de hielo situada a la entrada de la ensenada Violante en la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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