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
Chernyj Island (AUS) 66° 07' 38.9" S 101° 04' 39.7" E Island
Name ID: 773 Place ID: 2592

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

Chërnyj, ostrov (RUS) 66° 08' 00.0" S 101° 04' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 117440 Place ID: 2592

Chërnyy Island (USA) 66° 08' 00.0" S 101° 04' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 123504 Place ID: 2592

A small island lying 0.5 mi S of the eastern tip of Thomas Island in the Highjump Archipelago. Mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Rephotographed by the Soviet expedition (1956) and named Ostrov Chernyy (black island).

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