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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| Sturge Island (NZL) | 67° 28' 00.0" S | 164° 38' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 114471
Place ID: 14171
The largest of the Balleny Islands, about 27 miles long and 8 miles wide. It is the south-eastern island of the group and rises at Brown Peak to a height of 1524m. The cliffs are rocky and steep, and there are broad ice-tongues reaching to the coast. Discovered on 9 February 1839 by Balleny , and named by him for T Sturge, one of the seven London merchants who assisted Charles Enderby in sending out the expedition. |
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| Sturge Island (RUS) | 67° 24' 00.0" S | 164° 45' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 120834 Place ID: 14171 | |||
| Sturge Island (USA) | 67° 28' 00.0" S | 164° 38' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 132290
Place ID: 14171
An island about 20 mi long and 4 mi wide which is the largest and southernmost of the Balleny Islands. Discovered in Feb. 1839 by John Balleny, captain of the schooner Eliza Scott, who named it for T. Sturge, one of the merchants who united with Charles Enderby in sending out the expedition. |
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