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
Trigonia Island (GBR) 66° 01' 00.0" S 65° 41' 00.0" W Island
Name ID: 111650 Place ID: 14947

three-sided island off S end of Beer Island, Biscoe Islands, was charted by BGLE in February 1936 and named descriptively (Rymill, 1938b; APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960). Trigonia Islet (USHO chart 6650, 1947; BA chart 3213, 6.x.1950; APC, 1955, p.21). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57.

Trigonia Island (USA) 66° 01' 00.0" S 65° 41' 00.0" W Island
Name ID: 132873 Place ID: 14947

Small island immediately off the S tip of Beer Island, lying 8 mi W of Prospect Point, off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill.

Trigonia, islote (ARG) 66° 01' 00.0" S 65° 41' 00.0" W Island
Name ID: 102339 Place ID: 14947

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