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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| Charlton Island (AUS) | 66° 13' 30.4" S | 110° 09' 07.9" E | Island |
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Name ID: 832
Place ID: 2553
The westernmost of the Frazier Islands, off the Budd Coast. The island was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Its position was fixed by an ANARE party, on 21 January 1956. Named by USACAN after chief electronics technician F E Charlton, USN, a member of the Wilkes station party in 1957. |
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| Charlton Island (RUS) | 66° 12' 00.0" S | 110° 09' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117421 Place ID: 2553 | |||
| Charlton Island (USA) | 66° 13' 00.0" S | 110° 09' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 123481
Place ID: 2553
The westernmost of the Frazier Islands, lying in Vincennes Bay. Mapped from air photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump (1946-47) and USN Operation Windmill (1947-48). Named by C.R. Eklund for Chief Electronics Technician Frederick E. Charlton, USN, of the Wilkes Station party, 1957. |
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