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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| Derby Island (RUS) | 66° 38' 00.0" S | 140° 05' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117678 Place ID: 3547 | |||
| Derby Island (USA) | 66° 38' 00.0" S | 140° 05' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 124282
Place ID: 3547
Small rocky island close N of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, lying 0.5 mi SW of Pasteur Island at the S end of the Dumoulin Islands. Photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE, 1949-51, and so named because French field parties competed against each other for the honor of being first to reach the island area. |
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| Derby, Île du (FRA) | 66° 37' 55.0" S | 140° 05' 05.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 107275
Place ID: 3547
Îlot rocheux situé au sud des îles Dumoulin dans l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; nom donné en souvenir d'une compétition amicale des attelages de traîneaux à chiens de l'expédition, au cours du premier raid entre la base de Port-Martin et l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie. |
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