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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| Buffon Islands (RUS) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 140° 01' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117292 Place ID: 2012 | |||
| Buffon Islands (USA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 140° 01' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 123065
Place ID: 2012
Group of 3 adjoining, rocky islands, together about 0.25 mi in extent, lying 0.1 mi E of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago. Charted in 1951 by the FrAE and named by them for Georges Buffon (1707-88), noted French naturalist. |
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| Buffon, Îles (toponyme historique) (FRA) | 66° 39' 48.0" S | 140° 01' 25.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 107241
Place ID: 2012
(Ancien. Date de suppression: 2009) Deux îles rocheuses contiguës, situées à l'est de l'île des Pétrels, dans la partie centrale de l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; nom donné en l'honneur de l'illustre naturaliste français Geoges Buffon (1707- 1788). |
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| Mount Clarke (AUS) | 68° 07' 16.7" S | 55° 27' 31.3" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 2012
Place ID: 2729
Two main peaks in Enderby Land about 100 m apart but connected at the base. From the Western Peak a mostly snow covered ridge extends west for 500 m with minor peaks. Another ridge extends north for 1000 m. |
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