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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| Rouse Islands (AUS) | 67° 34' 48.0" S | 62° 57' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 901
Place ID: 12416
A group of four small islands, about 2 km south of Welch Island, off the coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 13 February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson. They have since been found to be islands. |
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| Rouse Islands (RUS) | 67° 35' 00.0" S | 62° 57' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 120308 Place ID: 12416 | |||
| Rouse Islands (USA) | 67° 35' 00.0" S | 62° 57' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 130988
Place ID: 12416
Small group of islands in the E part of Holme Bay, fringing the coast of Mac. Robertson Land close S of Welch Island. Discovered on Feb. 13, 1931, by the BANZARE under Mawson, who named them for E.J. Rouse of Sydney, who assisted the expedition with photographic equipment. |
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