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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Dead Seal Island (USA) | 63° 46' 53.0" S | 63° 58' 07.0" W | Island |
Name ID: 137861
Place ID: 19504
An island, 300 meters long and 200 meters wide, just southwest of Anvers Island, approximately .5 mile northeast of Stepping Stones, and 2.5 miles east southeast of Palmer Station. Named by ACAN as a descriptive name and needed for use as a navigational aid and for a reference in scientific investigation. The name has been reported to be in local use. |
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