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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Zigzag Island (GBR) | 63° 37' 00.0" S | 59° 50' 00.0" W | Island |
Name ID: 112039
Place ID: 16502
off S coast of Tower Island, Palmer Archipelago, following air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57, was so named from its shape (APC, 1960, p.8; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). |
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Zigzag Island (USA) | 63° 36' 00.0" S | 59° 52' 00.0" W | Island |
Name ID: 133974
Place ID: 16502
A small island close off the S coast of Tower Island, Palmer Archipelago. The name applied by UK-APC is descriptive of the island in plan; it is deeply indented, with steep cliff faces. |
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Zigzag, isla (ARG) | 63° 37' 00.0" S | 59° 50' 00.0" W | Island |
Name ID: 102524 Place ID: 16502 |
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