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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| Wisconsin Islands (GBR) | 63° 17' 00.0" S | 57° 53' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 111978
Place ID: 16155
NE group of the Duroch Islands (q.v.), N of Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula, following geological work on the islands by a USARP field party from the University of Wisconsin, 1960-62, were named after that university (Halpern, 1964, map Fig. 2, p.335; Thomson, 1975, map p.169; APC, 1986, p.4). |
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| Wisconsin Islands (USA) | 63° 17' 00.0" S | 57° 51' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 133795
Place ID: 16155
A group of a dozen or more small rocky islands which lie 1 mi NE of Largo Island in the NE part of the Duroch Islands. Named after the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. The name was applied by Martin Halpern, leader of the University of Wisconsin field party which geologically mapped these islands, 1961-62. |
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