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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| Scott Island (NZL) | 67° 24' 00.0" S | 179° 55' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 114331
Place ID: 12905
An island about a 1/4 mile long and half as wide, lying about 315 miles north-east of Cape Adare, the north-easterly extremity of Victoria Land. It is 39m high and is covered with an ice-cap. Discovered on Christmas Day 1902 by Captain William Colbeck, RNR, commander of the NAE, 1901-04, relief ship Morning, who named it for Captain Robert F Scott, RN, leader of the expedition. It was first intended to call it Markham Island, but this was changed to Scott Island. |
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| Scott Island (RUS) | 67° 24' 00.0" S | 179° 50' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 120453 Place ID: 12905 | |||
| Scott Island (USA) | 67° 24' 00.0" S | 179° 55' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 131336
Place ID: 12905
An island, 0.25 mi long and half as wide, lying 315 mi northeastward of Cape Adare, the northeastern extremity of Victoria Land. Discovered in December 1902 by Lt. William Colbeck, RNR, commander of the Morning, relief ship for Capt. Robert F. Scott's expedition. Named by Colbeck for Captain Scott. |
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