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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| Curie Island (RUS) | 66° 39' 00.0" S | 140° 03' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117582 Place ID: 3207 | |||
| Curie Island (USA) | 66° 39' 00.0" S | 140° 03' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 124008
Place ID: 3207
Small rocky island near the E end of Geologie Archipelago, lying 1 mi SW of Derby Island, close N of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. Photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE, 1949-51, and named by them for the noted French family of physicians and chemists: Pierre Curie (1859-1906) and Marie Curie (1867-1934). |
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| Curie, Îles (FRA) | 66° 38' 40.0" S | 140° 03' 05.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 107263
Place ID: 3207
Groupe d'îlots rocheux situé au sud-ouest des îles Dumoulin, dans l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; nom donné en l'honneur de la célèbre famille de physiciens et chimistes français : Pierre Curie (1859-1906), Marie Curie (1867-1934) et Irène Jolliot-Curie (1897-1956). |
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