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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| Coulman Island (NZL) | 73° 28' 00.0" S | 169° 45' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 113061
Place ID: 3031
An island about 15 miles long from north to south, 9 miles wide, of volcanic rock, but completely covered with snow and ice. The highest point is 610m. There is a large penguin rookery on the island. It was discovered by Ross on 17 January 1841 and named by him for Mr Thomas Coulman, the father of his fiancée, Anne Coulman. The island lies about 8 miles south-south-east of Cape Jones, from which it is separated by a deep strait. |
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| Coulman Island (RUS) | 73° 25' 00.0" S | 169° 57' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117551 Place ID: 3031 | |||
| Coulman Island (USA) | 73° 28' 00.0" S | 169° 45' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 123854
Place ID: 3031
An island 18 mi long and 8 mi wide, lying 9 mi SE of Cape Jones, Victoria Land, in the western Ross Sea. Discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named it for his father-in-law, Thomas Coulman. |
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