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.
Showing all 3 place names.
| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell Island (AUS) | 69° 16' 00.0" S | 76° 42' 21.0" E | Island |
|
Name ID: 1044
Place ID: 3055
A small island, partly contained in a glacier tongue on the Ingrid Christensen Coast about 3 km west of Amanda Bay. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936). First visited by an ANARE survey party led by Max J Corry in February 1969. |
|||
| Cowell Island (RUS) | 69° 17' 00.0" S | 76° 42' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117554 Place ID: 3055 | |||
| Cowell Island (USA) | 69° 16' 00.0" S | 76° 43' 00.0" E | Island |
|
Name ID: 123878
Place ID: 3055
A small island, partly contained in a glacier tongue from the coast of Antarctica, lying 3 mi WSW of Hovde Island. First mapped from air photographs by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. First visited by an ANARE survey party led by M.J. Corry in Feb. 1969. Named by ANCA for W.D. Cowell, cook at Mawson Station in 1969 and a member of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969. |
|||
Showing all 3 place names.