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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| Sputnik Islands (NZL) | 70° 22' 00.0" S | 163° 22' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 114443
Place ID: 13875
East of Cape Cheetham and north of the Lillie Glacier Tongue. Discovered and photographed by the Soviet Antactic Expedition in 1958 and named in honour of the first Soviet sputnik. |
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| Sputnik Islands (USA) | 70° 22' 00.0" S | 163° 22' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 132051
Place ID: 13875
Two ice-covered islands, one much larger than the other, located between Capes Cheetham and Williams in the entrance to Ob' Bay. The islands were photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Surveyed by the SovAE, 1958, and named after the first Soviet artificial earth satellite. |
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| Sputniki, ostrova (RUS) | 70° 20' 00.0" S | 163° 20' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 120741 Place ID: 13875 | |||
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