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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| Dépôt Island (USA) | 66° 37' 00.0" S | 140° 05' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 124279
Place ID: 3540
Small rocky island 0.1 mi long, 0.6 mi NW of Pasteur Island. near the center of the Dumoulin Islands. Photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE, 1950-51, and so named because personnel on the expedition ship the party which surveyed the area. |
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| Dépôt, Île du (FRA) | 66° 37' 05.0" S | 140° 04' 37.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 107274
Place ID: 3540
Îlot rocheux relativement important situé au nord du glacier de l'Astolabe dans les îles Dumoulin ; nom donné en raison du dépôt effectué par le navire Commandant-Charcot en janvier 1951, en prévision des raids ultérieurs. |
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