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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| Rauer Group (AUS) | 68° 51' 00.0" S | 77° 50' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 962
Place ID: 11898
A group of rocky islands lying between the Sørsdal Glacier tongue and Ranvik Bay off Ingrid Christensen Coast. Discovered and called Rauer by a Norwegian expedition under Mikkelsen in February, 1935. |
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| Rauer Group (RUS) | 68° 50' 00.0" S | 77° 45' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 120164 Place ID: 11898 | |||
| Rauer Islands (USA) | 68° 51' 00.0" S | 77° 50' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 130574
Place ID: 11898
A group of rocky coastal islands which lie between Sorsdal Glacier Tongue and Ranvik Bay, in the SE part of Prydz Bay. Discovered and roughly charted in February 1935 by a Norwegian expedition under Capt. Klarius Mikkelsen. He named them Rauer, probably after the island lying in Oslofjorden opposite Tonsberg, Norway. |
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