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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| Vicars Island (AUS) | 65° 50' 37.3" S | 54° 24' 31.7" E | Island |
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Name ID: 941
Place ID: 15473
A small ice-covered island about 4 km off the coast of Enderby Land. Discovered on 12 January, 1930, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after an Australian textile company which presented the expedition with cloth for uniforms. |
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| Vicars Island (RUS) | 65° 50' 00.0" S | 54° 14' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 121199 Place ID: 15473 | |||
| Vicars Island (USA) | 65° 51' 00.0" S | 54° 24' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 133241
Place ID: 15473
A small ice-covered island about 2 mi off the coast of Enderby Land. Discovered on Jan. 12, 1930 by the BANZARE under Mawson. He named it after an Australian textile company which presented the expedition with cloth for uniforms. |
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