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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| Roosevelt Island (NZL) | 79° 25' 00.0" S | 162° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 114261
Place ID: 12348
An ice-covered island, about 90 miles long in a north-south direction and about 40 miles wide, lying in the eastern part of the Ross Ice Shelf, with its northern extremity about 3 miles south of the Bay of Whales. The highest point is 377m high. Discovered in 1934 by the Byrd AE, 1933-35, and named by Byrd for Franklin D Roosevelt, then President of the United States. |
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| Roosevelt Island (RUS) | 79° 30' 00.0" S | 162° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 120291 Place ID: 12348 | |||
| Roosevelt Island (USA) | 79° 25' 00.0" S | 162° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 130930
Place ID: 12348
An ice-covered island, about 80 mi long in a NW-SE direction and 40 mi wide, lying in the E part of the Ross Ice Shelf. The N extremity of the island is 3 mi S of the Bay of Whales. Its main topographic expression is a central ridge about 550 m above sea level. Discovered by the ByrdAE in 1934, and named by R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd for Franklin D. Roosevelt, then President of the United States. |
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