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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| Cronenwett Island (NZL) | 77° 00' 00.0" S | 150° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 140069
Place ID: 3137
A high, ice-covered island about 40km long northwest to southeast. It lies between Vollmer Island and Steventon Island in the Marshall Archipelago, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. |
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| Cronenwett Island (USA) | 77° 00' 00.0" S | 150° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 123950
Place ID: 3137
A high, ice-covered island about 20 mi long. It lies between Vollmer Island and Steventon Island in the Marshall Archipelago, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The feature was first observed and roughly delineated from aerial photographs taken by the ByrdAE, 1928-30. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. W.R. Cronenwett, USN, Photographic Officer for Deep Freeze II, 1956-57, and Public Information Officer for Task Group 43.1 during Deep Freeze 1962. |
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