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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| Sigaren (NOR) | 69° 08' 30.0" S | 39° 28' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 115932
Place ID: 13260
Two islands NW of Langhovde on Kronprins Olav Kyst. S.=the cigar. |
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| Sigaren (RUS) | 69° 10' 00.0" S | 39° 28' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 120580 Place ID: 13260 | |||
| Sigaren Islands (USA) | 69° 10' 00.0" S | 39° 28' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 131597
Place ID: 13260
Two islands lying in the E part of Lutzow-Holm Bay, 3.5 mi W of Langhovde-kita Point. The islands were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Sigaren (the cigar) because of their shape. |
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