Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Spume Island (GBR) | 64° 48' 00.0" S | 64° 08' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 111345
Place ID: 13873
S of Janus Island and SW of Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, was charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Protector, 1956-57, and so named from the spume of heavy seas breaking over the island in a gale (APC, 1959a, p.11; BA chart 3572, 12.viii.1960; DOS 210 Arthur Harbour sheet, 1963). |
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| Spume Island (USA) | 64° 48' 00.0" S | 64° 07' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 132049
Place ID: 13873
Small, low, rocky island lying 1.5 mi SW of Bonaparte Point, off the SW coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit, 1956-57. So named by the UK-APC because heavy seas break over the island in a gale; spume is blown spray. |
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