Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Wright Island (RUS) | 74° 03' 00.0" S | 116° 45' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 121438 Place ID: 16234 | |||
| Wright Island (USA) | 74° 02' 00.0" S | 116° 50' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 133868
Place ID: 16234
An ice-covered island 35 mi long, lying at the N edge of Getz Ice Shelf about midway between Carney Island and Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN after Admiral Jerauld Wright, USN, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of USN Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957-58. |
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