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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| Styles Strait (AUS) | 66° 51' 00.0" S | 48° 34' 59.9" E | Strait |
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Name ID: 2499
Place ID: 14182
A strait, 11-19 km wide and about 28 km long, separating White Island from Sakellari Peninsula, Enderby Land. The depth of water in the strait ranges from 173 m near the western entrance to 686 m near the centre. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in November 1956. Visited in February 1960 and February 1961 by the ANARE expedition on the MV Thala Dan led by Don F. Styles, (then) Assistant Director, Antarctic Division, Melbourne, after whom it was named. |
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| Styles Strait (RUS) | 66° 50' 00.0" S | 48° 45' 00.0" E | Strait |
| Name ID: 120835 Place ID: 14182 | |||
| Styles Strait (USA) | 66° 51' 00.0" S | 48° 35' 00.0" E | Strait |
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Name ID: 132298
Place ID: 14182
Strait, 15 mi long and 6 to 9 mi wide, separating White Island from Sakellari Peninsula. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE in November 1956. Visited in February 1960 and February 1961 by the ANARE (Thala Dan) led by D.F. Styles, Asst. Director, Antarctic Division, Melbourne, for whom it was named. |
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