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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| Young Island (NZL) | 66° 25' 00.0" S | 162° 24' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 114775
Place ID: 16382
The north-western island of the Balleny Islands. It is long and narrow, being about 19 milse long and 5 miles wide; rises gently to a height of about 1200m and is entirely snow-covered. There is no definite summit on the island, which is in the form of a plateau. Discovered on 9 February 1839 by Balleny, who named it for G F Young, one of the seven London merchants who joined Charles Enderby in sending out the expedition. |
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| Young Island (RUS) | 66° 20' 00.0" S | 162° 20' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 121453 Place ID: 16382 | |||
| Young Island (USA) | 66° 25' 00.0" S | 162° 24' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 133935
Place ID: 16382
An island, 19 mi long and 4 mi wide, which is the northernmost of the Balleny Islands. It is ice covered and rises gently to 1,340 meters. Discovered in Feb. 1839 by John Balleny, captain of the schooner Eliza Scott. He named it for G.F. Young, one of the merchants who united with Charles Enderby in sending out the expedition. |
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