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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| Robbins Island (GBR) | 64° 47' 00.0" S | 64° 27' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 110893
Place ID: 12205
one of the SW Joubin Islands (q.v.), off Anvers Island, following the work of USARP personnel from "Palmer Station" from 1965, was named after Stephen H. Robbins, Jr, able seaman in RV Hero on her first Antarctic voyage in 1968 (APC, 1975, p.5; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/3, 1-DOS 1979). |
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| Robbins Island (USA) | 64° 47' 00.0" S | 64° 27' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 130824
Place ID: 12205
One of the southwestern Joubin Islands, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island. Named by US-ACAN for Stephen H. Robbins, Jr., Able Seaman in the R.V. Hero in her first voyage to Antarctica in 1968. |
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