Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Detour Island (GBR) | 65° 01' 00.0" S | 63° 56' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 108492
Place ID: 3579
off N entrance of Lemaire Channel, Graham Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; so called because the island lies near the entrance of Nimrod Passage which provides an alternative route for southbound ships, when Lemaire Channel is blocked by ice (APC, 1959a, p.5; BA chart 3572, 12.viii.1960). Islotes Detour (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.101). |
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| Detour Island (USA) | 65° 01' 00.0" S | 63° 55' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 124305
Place ID: 3579
Island lying 2.5 mi W of False Cape Renard, on the W side of Lemaire Channel in the Wilhelm Archipelago. First charted by the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-05. So named by the UK-APC in 1959 because the island lies near the entrance to the ships' passage W of Booth Island which provides an alternative route to Lemaire Channel when the latter is blocked by ice. |
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| Detour, Islotes (CHL) | 65° 01' 00.0" S | 63° 55' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105444
Place ID: 3579
El nombre aparece en cartas chilenas del año 1962 y se ha mantenido hasta ahora. Corresponden a una cadena de islotes que se extienden por 11 cables de E a W, que emergen a 8 cables al N del islote Rothschild, costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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