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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| Alexis Carrel Island (RUS) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 140° 01' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 116785 Place ID: 2351 | |||
| Carrel Island (USA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 140° 01' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 123329
Place ID: 2351
Rocky island 0.25 mi long lying 0.1 mi S of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago. Charted in 1950 by the FrAE and named by them for Alexis Carrel (1873-1944), noted French surgeon and physiologist. |
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| Edward Ridge (AUS) | 67° 13' 00.1" S | 55° 34' 00.1" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 2351
Place ID: 4086
A gently-rising snow-covered feature, the main ridge of which runs north-east to south-west with exposed rock faces on the south-east slopes. It is about 24 km north-west of Rayner Peak in Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after Edward Nash, aircraft engineer with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Nella Dan led by Phillip Law in 1965. |
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| Le Mauguen, Île (FRA) | 66° 40' 12.0" S | 140° 00' 36.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 107219
Place ID: 2351
Importante île rocheuse située au sud de l'île des Pétrels, dans la partie centrale de l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie. Anciennement Île Alexis-Carrel; nom donné en hommage à Pascal Le Mauguen, responsable technique à l'Institut français pour la recherche et la technologie polaires (IFRTP), décédé dans un accident d'hélicoptère le 8 février 1999. |
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