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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| Wyatt Earp Islands (AUS) | 68° 21' 33.1" S | 78° 32' 23.3" E | Island |
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Name ID: 881
Place ID: 16261
A small group of islands and rocks off the northern extremity of the Vestfold Hills, about 1 km north of Walkabout Rocks. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Nxrsteholman by the Norwegian cartographers. On 9 January, 1939, a landing was made by Sir Rubert Wilkins at nearby Walkabout rocks from the Wyatt Earp, after which the islands were renamed. |
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| Wyatt Earp Islands (RUS) | 68° 21' 00.0" S | 78° 31' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 121444 Place ID: 16261 | |||
| Wyatt Earp Islands (USA) | 68° 22' 00.0" S | 78° 32' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 133887
Place ID: 16261
A small group of islands and rocks off the northern extremity of the Vestfold Hills, about 0.5 mi N of Walkabout Rocks. Mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and named "Norsteholmen" by Norwegian cartographers. In January 1939 a landing was made at nearby Walkabout Rocks from the Wyatt Earp, after which the islands were renamed by ANCA. |
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