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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Salmon Island (GBR) | 66° 02' 00.0" S | 65° 27' 00.0" W | Island |
Name ID: 111019
Place ID: 12643
one of the Fish Islands (q.v.), Graham Coast, following survey by FIDS from "Prospect Point" in 1957, was so named in association with the names of other islands in the group (APC, 1959a, p.11; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960). |
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Salmon Island (USA) | 66° 01' 00.0" S | 65° 28' 00.0" W | Island |
Name ID: 131150
Place ID: 12643
The westernmost of the Fish Islands, lying off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. So named by the UK-APC in 1959 because it is one of the Fish Islands. |
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