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
Suter Island (AUS) 68° 35' 46.0" S 77° 54' 43.6" E Island
Name ID: 935 Place ID: 14271

An island about 3 km south-east of Gardner Island, Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

Suter Island (USA) 68° 36' 00.0" S 77° 54' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 132364 Place ID: 14271

A small island off the Vestfold Hills, lying 0.5 mi SW of the S entrance point to Heidemann Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named by ANCA for W. Suter, cook at Davis Station in 1960.

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