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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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| Tickle Channel (GBR) | 67° 07' 00.0" S | 67° 44' 00.0" W | Channel |
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Name ID: 111591
Place ID: 14698
between Adelaide Island and Hansen Island, Loubet Coast, running N-S from Landauer Point, Hanusse Bay, to The Gullet, was seen from the air by BGLE, 25 February 1936; surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in September 1948 and so named, a tickle in Newfoundland and Labrador usage being a narrow passage between two islands (APC, 1955, p.21; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961). Paso Tickle (Chile. DNH chart 1503, 1963). |
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| Tickle Channel (USA) | 67° 06' 00.0" S | 67° 43' 00.0" W | Channel |
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Name ID: 132699
Place ID: 14698
Narrow channel in the S part of Hanusse Bay, from 1 to 3 mi wide and 5 mi long, extending northward from The Gullet and separating Hansen Island from the E extremity of Adelaide Island. First seen from the air by the BGLE on a flight in February 1936. Surveyed from the ground in 1948 by the FIDS, who applied this descriptive name. In Newfoundland and Labrador a tickle is a narrow water passage as between two islands. |
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| Tickle, canal (ARG) | 67° 06' 00.0" S | 67° 43' 00.0" W | Channel |
| Name ID: 102304 Place ID: 14698 | |||
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